Gorsuch

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.

The U.S. Senate on Friday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch. 

Presided over by Vice President Mike Pence, the 54-45 near party-line vote caps a partisan saga that has seen Republicans pursue a rule change widely regarded as the "nuclear option". 

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.