7 Facts About Gorsuch

1. In 2013, Gorsuch joined a unanimous panel finding that federal courts could not hear a challenge to Colorado's internet sales tax.

2. In 2011, Gorsuch joined a unanimous panel finding that the dormant Commerce Clause did not prevent the Oklahoma Water Resources Board from blocking water exports to Texas.

3. On May 10, 2006, Gorsuch was nominated by President George W Bush to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated by Judge David M Ebel, who was taking senior status.

4. In 2005, at Kellogg Huber, Gorsuch wrote a brief denouncing class action lawsuits by shareholders.

5. In 2002, Gorsuch penned an op-ed criticizing the Senate for delaying the nominations of Merrick Garland and John Roberts to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, writing that "the most impressive judicial nominees are grossly mistreated" by the Senate.

6. In 1996, Gorsuch married his wife Louise, an English woman and champion equestrienne on Oxford's riding team whom he met during his stay at Oxford.

7. While at Harvard, Gorsuch was an editor on the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.