Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch Investiture Ceremony
The Supreme Court held a special sitting on June 15, 2017, for the formal investiture ceremony of Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. President Donald J. Trump
and First Lady Melania Trump attended as guests of the Court. On April 10, 2017, Justice Gorsuch took the oaths of office to become the 101st Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The President and First Lady Sign the Guest Book
President Donald J. Trump signs the Supreme Court guest book.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The President and First Lady Sign the Guest Book
First Lady Melania Trump signs the Supreme Court guest book.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Justice Gorsuch and the President
President Donald J. Trump and Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch at a courtesy visit in the Justices’ Conference Room prior to the investiture ceremony.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Justices with the President
Members of the Supreme Court with the President in the Justices’ Conference Room at a courtesy visit prior to the investiture ceremony. From left to right: Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., President Donald J. Trump, and Associate Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Justices with the President, First Lady, and Mrs. Gorsuch
The President and First Lady with Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and his wife, Mrs. Louise Gorsuch, and other members of the Supreme Court in the Justices’ Conference Room at a courtesy visit prior to the investiture ceremony. From left to right: Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Mrs. Louise Gorsuch, and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The Portico
Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch (left) and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., stand under the portico of the Supreme Court Building after the investiture ceremony.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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