Published: March 1, 2017 By

Eric Gershon

The United States could have a new Supreme Court Justice soon — one with Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ ties. Federal judge Neil Gorsuch, Boulder resident and visiting Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law professor, was nominated for the court’s vacant seat in late January. Congress was expected to consider his candidacy in March.

If Gorsuch, the son of two Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law graduates, is confirmed, he would give Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder and the state of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ their deepest SCOTUS affiliation since 1993, the year Justice Byron White (Econ’38) retired and returned to the Rockies. White himself makes a timely cameo in this football-rich issue: 2017 marks the centennial of his birth. An All-American halfback, he was also his class’s valedictorian, epitomizing the scholar-athlete.

Whatever your feelings about Supreme Court politics, and whether you like sports or not, it must be said: Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ lawyers and athletes have set tongues wagging from sea to sea.