The nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court has thrilled conservatives, but it’s also earning praise from some prominent liberal legal scholars.
Neal Katyal, who served as President Obama’s solicitor general, issued a statement strongly backing the confirmation of Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. “Judge Gorsuch is one of the most thoughtful and brilliant judges to have served our nation over the last century,” Katyal said. “As a judge, he has always put aside his personal views to serve the rule of law. To boot, as those of us who have worked with him can attest, he is a wonderfully decent and humane person. I strongly support his nomination to the Supreme Court.”
Another liberal legal scholar, Harvard’s Laurence Tribe, offered praise of Gorsuch. “Gorsuch is as smart as he is conservative, and he writes elegantly,” Tribe wrote on Twitter. The Washington Post reports that “liberal Justice Elena Kagan is among many who have praised Gorsuch’s lucid and occasionally lyrical writing style.”
And Melissa Hart, a Democrat and law professor who clerked for liberal Justice John Paul Stevens, tells the Post that Gorsuch “has very strong opinions, but he just treats people well in every context.”
