Ramesh Ponnuru, Columnist

Liberals Have No Case Against Gorsuch

Their only feasible strategy, it seems, is to distort the judge's record.

February 2, 2017 at 6:39 PM UTC

Ramesh Ponnuru is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the editor of National Review and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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