Judge Neil Gorsuch appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 21, for the first day of questioning in his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)Case in point was one of the first showdowns of Tuesday's hearing. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the Judiciary committee, asked Gorsuch about his record on workers' rights. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) asked Gorsuch about allegations a student in his legal ethics class made that he targeted pregnant lawyers. But if Democrats were trying to unmask Gorsuch as a sort of right-wing ideologue unfriendly to minorities and women, they largely failed.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2017 11:26 UTC