Sam Hananel, Author at Greenfield Recorder

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House White House in Washington, Monday, April 10, 2017, following a public swearing-in ceremony. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Gorsuch sworn into Supreme Court

by Vivian Salama Associated Press, and Sam Hananel Associated PressApril 10, 2017

WASHINGTON — Justice Neil Gorsuch took his place in history Monday as the newest addition on the bench of the Supreme Court, restoring a narrow conservative majority and marking a much-needed political victory for President Donald Trump.Gorsuch was…

Then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington in February. With a divisive confirmation process behind him, Gorsuch is about to take his place as the nation's newest Supreme Court justice. The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado is to be sworn in April 10, after a bruising fight that saw Republicans change the rules for approving Supreme Court picks over the fierce objection of Democrats.

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Gorsuch takes Supreme Court seat after divisive confirmation

by Sam Hananel Associated PressApril 10, 2017

This June 20, 2012, photo provided by ALM shows U.S. District Judge James "Jeb" Boasberg in Washington, D.C. Boasberg is overseeing a lawsuit filed by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux, two Dakotas tribes who maintain the 3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois threatens their drinking water and cultural sites. (Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM via AP)

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Judge denies request to halt Dakota Access pipeline work

by Sam Hananel Associated Press, and Blake Nicholson Associated PressFebruary 14, 2017

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington On Jan. 31. In a decade as a federal appeals court judge, Gorsuch has criticized courts for giving too much power to government agencies that enforce the nation’s labor and employment laws. He's also backed curbs on some class-action lawsuits as lawyer in private practice.

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SCOTUS nominee Gorsuch seen as business-friendly on labor, workplace issues

by Sam Hananel Associated Press, and Laurie Kellman Associated PressFebruary 6, 2017

Ehlena Fry, 12, of Michigan, sits with her service dog Wonder, while speaking to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday.

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Justices sympathetic to girl suing school over service dog

by Sam Hananel Associated PressOctober 31, 2016

Tthe HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington in October 2015. A federal judge has ruled that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president's health care law.

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Judge rules against Obama health law

by Sam Hananel Associated Press, and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressMay 12, 2016

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Tied after Scalia’s death, high court gives unions a win

by Sam Hananel Associated PressMarch 29, 2016

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2016 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito speaks in Washington. A hallmark in the search for a new Supreme Court justice is the secretive process for making sure the choice is kept under wraps until the president is ready to reveal it. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Secrecy a hallmark of court vetting process

by Sam Hananel Associated PressMarch 11, 2016