Antonin Scalia

Surrounded by family and his soon-to-be Supreme Court colleagues, Neil Gorsuch took the first of two oaths on April 10 as he prepared to take his seat on the court and restore its conservative majority.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 31 nominated conservative Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court's conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights. 

Having bid farewell to the final TV debate between the two candidates in America's presidential election, we have now entered the last round in the race to succeed Barack Obama in the White House. Looking at the latest polls, the Democrat Party's nominee, Hillary Clinton, is set to become the first female president of the U.S.

U.S. President Barack Obama chose the centrist judge Merrick Garland for a pivotal vacancy on the Supreme Court March 16, warning Republican foes their "unprecedented" refusal to consider his nominee threatens the integrity of U.S. institutions.

Obama tapped the 63-year-old judge to replace conservative stalwart Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly on March 13.

U.S. President Barack Obama has held preliminary discussions with his team about whom to nominate to the Supreme Court, the White House said on Feb. 15, while accusing Senate Republicans of "bluster" for saying they would not confirm his pick. 

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across America in a historic ruling last week. However, the top court was divided sharply in its 5-4 ruling, with conservative judges like Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts lambasting the decision. Scalia even went as far as to describe it as a ?judicial putsch.?