Judge Neil Gorsuch submitted more than 70 pages of written responses to Senate Judiciary Committee members’ questions regarding his Supreme Court nomination on Thursday.
Gorsuch’s answers to the senators’ questions come one week after the marathon, four-day Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination concluded. His full written responses are available for public consumption here.
Ron Bonjean, a communications strategist for Gorsuch, told the Washington Examiner in an email that the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals judge provided “unprecedented access and transparency” throughout the confirmation process.
“He participated in the longest hearing of any 21st century nominee that lasted three rounds totaling nearly 20 hours and has met with nearly 80 senators,” Bonjean told the Washington Examiner. “Judge Gorsuch answered 1,200 questions during his hearing. This is twice as many questions as Justices Sotomayor, Kagan or Ginsburg.
“He was given 299 questions for the record by the Democrats, not [the full] Senate Judiciary Committee — the most in recent history of Supreme Court nominees. Gorsuch has answered those questions by providing another 70 pages of written responses. He did all this within six days of receiving the questions in order to give [Senate] Democrats ample time to review the answers prior to the committee vote and floor consideration scheduled for next week.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Gorsuch’s nomination Monday and the full Senate is expected to vote April 7.
