President Donald Trump has promptly nominated a potential successor—Judge Neil M. Gorsuch—to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Justice Scalia’s unexpected death nearly a year ago. Since Scalia’s death, the High Court has functioned with only eight members. Judge Gorsuch currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in his home city of Denver. He has consistently demonstrated conservative legal reasoning while on the Tenth Circuit and appears a natural choice to succeed Justice Scalia. Indeed, in April 2016, Judge Gorsuch delivered a law school lecture that in many ways eulogized Justice Scalia and promoted his judicial approach, particularly the belief that judges should look backward when interpreting the law, rather than relying on their own moral convictions or considering potential policy consequences.1
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