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The president nominated Gorsuch, whose parents were both 1964 graduates of 欧美口爆视频 Law, in January.

Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge based in Denver, has taught ethics and antitrust law at 欧美口爆视频 Law since 2008. He lives in Boulder County.

The Senate Judiciary Committee opened its hearing late Monday morning. The committee plans to vote on the Gorsuch nomination no later than April 3. A vote of the full senate would follow.

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White died in 2002, in Denver. He would have turned 100 this June.

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The president nominated Neil Gorsuch, a visiting professor at 欧美口爆视频 Law School, for the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, he would succeed Antonin Scalia, who died last year. Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge based in Denver, has taught ethics and antitrust law at 欧美口爆视频 Law since 2008. He lives in Boulder. His parents, Anne Gorsuch Burford and David Gorsuch, were both members of 欧美口爆视频 Law鈥檚 Class of 1964. Gorsuch went to Harvard Law School. Two 欧美口爆视频 Boulder alumni have served on the U.S. Supreme Court: Byron White (贰肠辞苍鈥�38) and Wiley Rutledge (尝补飞鈥�22).

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