Of course he is. Trump picked him.
•He joined a partial dissent by Justices Thomas and Samuel Alito, arguing that the court should have allowed Trump to enforce his entire ban on U.S. entry by residents of six nations with almost entirely Muslim populations. The other six justices allowed enforcement of a ban against entrants with no connections to people or institutions in the United States while the case is pending.
•He joined a dissent by Thomas from the court’s refusal to take up a challenge to a California law requiring a local law enforcement permit to carry a concealed handgun in public. Thomas said the law degrades the constitutional right to bear arms.
•Gorsuch wrote a dissent, joined by Thomas and Alito, from a ruling that requires Arkansas to list both the birth mother and her lesbian wife as parents on their child’s birth certificate. Gorsuch said the court should not prohibit Arkansas from allowing only a child’s biological parents to be named on the birth certificate, to keep track of possible genetic disorders and disputes over citizenship.
•He wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Thomas, in the court’s 7-2 ruling allowing a religious school in Missouri to receive state funds to pave its playground. In what he described as a “modest” suggestion, Gorsuch said the court should have made it clearer that the ruling applies not merely to cases involving schools or children’s safety, but to any “discrimination against religious exercise — whether on the playground or anywhere else.”
Pratheepan Gulasekaram, an immigration law professor at Santa Clara University, said Gorsuch’s apparent willingness to defer to executive authority in the travel-ban case may be a sign of his positions in future immigration cases.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Justice-Gorsuch-makes-conservative-mark-in-four-11248761.php
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