Gorsuch Takes Inside-Player Role in Second Term on Supreme Court
- Junior justice has written opinions for three 5-4 majorities
- Trump nominee is less aligned with Thomas than in first term
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
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Chief Justice John Roberts did something unusual when he decided who would write a major U.S. Supreme Court opinion curbing class action lawsuits by workers: He turned to the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch.
Seven months later, Gorsuch produced a 5-4 opinion that let employers enforce agreements requiring workers to take disputes to individual arbitration proceedings.