In 2008, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for a three-judge unanimous federal appeals court ruling against the family of an autistic child. The case centered on where the bar is for public schools providing education for children under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Circuit Court of Appeals colleagues, that bar is incredibly low. The Gorsuch ruling was not the one that the Supreme Court overturned while Gorsuch sat in those confirmation hearings. The Supreme Court, however, unanimously begged to differ.

Source: Forbes March 23, 2017 18:11 UTC