--- title: Why President Trump's Supreme Court Pick Was a 'Home Run' description: President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was widely praised by Republicans. canonical: https://time.com/4656299/why-president-trumps-supreme-court-pick-was-a-home-run/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-01T17:07:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:04:02.434Z article:section: Politics og:title: Why President Trump's Supreme Court Pick Was a 'Home Run' og:description: President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was widely praised by Republicans. og:url: https://time.com/4656299/why-president-trumps-supreme-court-pick-was-a-home-run/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why President Trump's Supreme Court Pick Was a 'Home Run' twitter:description: President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was widely praised by Republicans. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why President Trump's Supreme Court Pick Was a 'Home Run' > Sponsored content. 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Coming at a time where many in his own party aren’t shy about holding their criticism, it was something of a unifying moment, as many of the president’s GOP critics were in the East Room for the announcement. Speaking to reporters afterward, many of the same lawmakers who lambasted Trump over his immigration executive order and other issues were singing his praises—if just for the night. But the good feelings didn’t last for long. By Wednesday morning, after 48 hours of his Administration arguing that the block on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries was not a ban, Trump injected the debate back into the bloodstream. “Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a BAN. Call it what you want, it is about keeping bad people (with bad intentions) out of country!” he tweeted. Meanwhile, Democrats are facing the challenge of deciding just how far to push their opposition to Trump’s pick. Still smarting from GOP obstruction of Merrick Garland, some are plotting to go the distance. But ultimately, they will lose. Republicans have been open about their threats to use the “nuclear option” to remove the filibuster on Supreme Court nominations, as Democrats did under Obama for other nominations. That would deprive them of leverage should Trump have the opportunity to make a further pick, as is widely expected. Trump’s private security questioned. The nominee for Treasury Secretary faces more questions. 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