Senate Confirms Neil Gorsuch To Supreme Court (washingtonpost.com)

halfEvilTech quotes a report from Washington Post: The U.S. Senate confirmed Neil M. Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. On a vote of 54 to 45, senators confirmed Gorsuch, 49, a Denver-based judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He will become the 113th person to serve on the Supreme Court and is scheduled to be sworn in Monday. Gorsuch's confirmation was the result of a rule change in the Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used the power of his position to change the rules of the Senate to lower the threshold on Supreme Court nominations to end debate from 60 to 51 votes. Therefore, "all presidential nominees for executive branch positions and the federal courts need only a simple majority vote to be confirmed by senators," reports Washington Post.

It is unclear as to what exactly Gorsuch's confirmation means for the tech industry. However, it is certain that Gorsuch will "face cases that demand a solid command of the complex issues digital technology raises, from copyright and privacy to intellectual property rights and data storage," writes Issie Lapowsky via Wired.

Comments

Interesting take on Gorsuch from a Democrat

[avandesande]

https://qz.com/950828/neil-gor...

Re:A rear-guard action for a fading party

[phantomfive]

The conservatives know demographics are running against them,

Depends on how you slice it. Lots of Latinos are moving in, and they tend to be more conservative, to the point that some Latin American countries even ban abortion. They tend to be much more religious and socially conservative in general.