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Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on Monday, filling the vacancy left on the nation’s highest court by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last year, reports the Blaze.
The Blaze explains that Gorsuch took two oaths in order to serve on the court, the first constitutional oath in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court, the second judicial oath during a ceremony at the White House.
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President Donald Trump called the event, “a momentous occasion,” explained the Blaze.
“Together we are in a process of reviewing and renewing and also rebuilding our country,” Trump said.
The President went on to praise the Judge saying he was a man of integrity who will decide cases “based on a fair and objective reading of the law.”
According to the Blaze, Gorsuch did address the crowd, though briefly, saying thanking the President, his family, and his staff, and said that he is “humbled by the trust placed in me today.”
“I promise you that I will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great nation,” he concluded, the Blaze reported.
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