The Senate, which last year refused to consider Democratic former President Barack Obama's nominee to the court, voted 54-45 to approve Republican Trump's pick, Colorado-based federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch, to the lifetime job. "He's going to make an incredible addition to the court," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor. The Senate's approval of Gorsuch, 49, reinstates the nine-seat court's 5-4 conservative majority, fulfilling an important campaign promise made by the Republican president. Gorsuch was the youngest Supreme Court nominee since Republican President George H.W. Gorsuch has ruled several times in favor of expansive religious rights during his decade as a judge.

Source: dna April 07, 2017 16:41 UTC