Trump nominates conservative judge Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Washington, February 1 : US President Donald Trump has nominated conservative judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, a selection which has sparked strong opposition from the Democrats.Born and raised in Colorado, 49-year-old Gorsuch of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is the youngest Supreme Court nominee in a quarter century. “I am proud to announce the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch for Justice of the Supreme Court,” Trump said in a major announcement from the east Room of the White House on Tuesday.Gorsuch attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School. After graduating with honours, he received his doctorate from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.“This has been the most transparent and most important Supreme Court selection process in the history of our country and I wanted the American people to have a voice in this nomination,” Trump said.