In that position, he has served alongside Mr. Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, who is said to have recommended him for the Supreme Court. His mother, Anne M. Gorsuch, served as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Ronald Reagan. Both cases, which involved Hobby Lobby Stores and the Little Sisters of the Poor, were eventually considered by the Supreme Court. As the attorney general of Alabama in 2003, Judge Pryor wrote a brief encouraging the Supreme Court to uphold a Texas law that criminalized gay sex. He joined a 2011 decision allowing a transgender woman to sue for sexual discrimination that attracted critiques despite Supreme Court precedent.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2017 20:37 UTC