Trump's Supreme Court pick

Trump picks rising conservative Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Judge Neil Gorsuch speaks, after US President Donald Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court, at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2017. President Donald Trump on nominated federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, tilting the balance of the court back in the conservatives' favor. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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The president?s nomination of Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer?s flair, is expected to spark a fierce fight with Democrats.

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Editorial

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More than just a Supreme Court seat is at stake in the Senate?s handling of Judge Neil Gorsuch?s nomination.

Don Aucoin | Critic?s Notebook

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A president sorely in need of gravitas announced his Supreme Court nominee on live TV.

President Donald Trump announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court.

Evan Howowitz | Quick Study

Neil Gorsuch: Reliable conservative, except on law-and-order

Gorsuch is a well-respected appellate court justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia ? the very justice he will replace, if he is confirmed by the Senate.

Judge Neil Gorsuch speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, after President Donald Trump announced Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

Supreme Court nominee threatens voter rights

Neil Gorsuch will enable the court?s conservatives and presents an immediate threat to voter rights.

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The US Supreme Court has been at a 4-4 stalemate for nearly a year, since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Ward Sutton

Supreme Court injustice

Merrick Garland?s nomination lasted for a total of 293 days without ever getting a confirmation hearing.

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Neil Gorsuch has contended that courts give too much deference to government agencies? interpretations of statutes.

President Trump

Analysis

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?I wouldn?t say he?s bumping into the Constitution, he?s crashing through it,? said Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe.

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. Charter school advocate and wealthy Republican donor Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, causing outrage among teachersâ?? unions. But Democrats and rights activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might impact minority and LGBT students. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

DeVos may have used Obama official?s remarks without attribution

Betsy DeVos appears to have used quotes from an Obama official without attribution in written responses to questions from Democrats.

Houston, TX 1-31-17: After he finished his media duties and heade out of the room, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (left) shared a moment with sportscaster Jim Gray (right) ,with whom he did a radio interview weekly on Westwood One during Monday Night Football games this season. The New England Patriots had a media availability session at their team hotel, the JW Marriott Galleria Houston. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) reporter: various topic: Super Bowl

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Family situation has been weighing on Tom Brady

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?We work when everyone else is enjoying themselves,? Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said of Super Bowl Sunday.

Boston police will patrol in force on Super Bowl Sunday

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans and most of his officers have never seen a Super Bowl live because they are on patrol.

Joe Schellings of Duxbury walked along Powder Point Bridge on Tuesday

Morning commute will be slippery after overnight snow

A winter weather advisory for the state remains in effect until 4 a.m.

Cambridge, MA., 01/31/17, Gina McCarthy, outgoing head of the EPA, photographed at her new office at the Institute of Politics at John F. Kennedy School of Government. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Former EPA head is worried about Trump, climate change

Gina McCarthy, the recently departed administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, has become increasingly concerned about the direction of her agency ? and her legacy.

01/09/2017 Burlington, Vt. A first year Attacks and Defenses class. The University of Vermont medical school is eliminating all lectures. Students learn through interactive and problem-solving methods. (Caleb Kenna for the Boston Globe) Metro, Felice Freyer

Caleb Kenna for the Boston Globe

Who needs lectures? Vermont medical school chooses other ways to teach

To produce the doctors that today?s patients need, the school decided that students need to take action, not just listen.

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Cleon Ali Hodge, whose tense encounter with a plainclothes Cambridge police officer in Porter Square was captured on video, will not face charges.

East Boston-01/25/2017 Cab drivers have been waiting for much longer times at the taxi pool at logan Airport, including taxi driver Habenom Gebru(cq) a 15 year veteran who is in the front of the line now after waiting in the lot an hour and a half. He said years ago the lot would not be filled at 1:30 on the afternoon( when the photo was taken), with cabs. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(business)

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Cabbies say the end is near as Uber, Lyft come to Logan

The fighting spirit of taxi drivers has given way to despair as ride-hailing firms consolidate their dominance.

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Moving forward on Boston?s roads and bridges

In the first installment of a new series on local infrastructure, the current state of area roads and bridges is examined, as well as what?s being done to help improve it.

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