President Trump nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court (23 images)

On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump officially nominated federal appellate Judge Neil McGill Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death last year of Justice Antonin Scalia.

President Donald Trump speaks before announcing judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., January 31, 2017. Photo by Molly Riley/UPI

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President Donald Trump announces Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., January 31, 2017. Photo by Molly Riley/UPI

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President Donald Trump speaks before announcing judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., January 31, 2017. Photo by Molly Riley/UPI

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Judge Neil Gorsuch, accompanied by his wife Louise, smiles after he was announced by President Donald Trump as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., January 31, 2017. Photo by Molly Riley/UPI

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