Neil Gorsuch takes oath as US Supreme Court judge

WASHINGTON: Neil Gorsuch was sworn in at the White House Monday as the newest US Supreme Court justice with President Donald Trump looking on, bringing the court back to nine members after a 14-month vacancy. The oath was administered by Justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom Gorsuch worked as a law clerk in the court’s 1993-94 term.

Trump called Gorsuch “a man of unmatched qualifications” who “will decide cases not on his personal preference but on a fair and objective reading of the law.” Gorsuch is the 101st associate justice in the nation’s history and 113th member of the court when also counting the chief justices. He could make an immediate impact, taking the bench for the first time next Monday and hearing arguments later that week in an important church-state case.