US President Donald Trump has praised new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a White House swearing-in ceremony as a jurist who will rule “not on his personal preferences but based on a fair and objective reading of the law”.
In the Rose Garden ceremony, Mr Trump said Americans would see in Mr Gorsuch “a man who is deeply faithful to the Constitution of the United States” and predicted greatness for the 49-year-old former appeals court judge from Colorado.
“I have no doubt you will go down as one of the truly great justices in the history of the US,” Mr Trump said. The president noted that the successful nomination came during his first 100 days in office and added: “You think that’s easy?”
Mr Gorsuch, who restores the court’s conservative majority, was sworn in during the ceremony by Justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom he once served as a law clerk.
It was the second of two oaths – the first was conducted privately in the Justices’ Conference Room by Chief Justice John Roberts.
In remarks in the Rose Garden, Mr Gorsuch said he was humbled by his ascendance to the nation’s high court and thanked his former law clerks, saying of them “your names are etched in my heart forever”.
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