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A U.S. Senate committee March 20 began hearings on the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch, a visiting law professor at CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½.

The president nominated Gorsuch, whose parents were both 1964 graduates of Colorado Law, in January.

Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge based in Denver, has taught ethics and antitrust law at Colorado Law since 2008. He lives in ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ County.

The Senate Judiciary Committee opened its hearing late Monday morning. The committee plans to vote on the Gorsuch nomination no later than April 3. A vote of the full senate would follow.

Two CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ alumni have served on the U.S. Supreme Court:  ²¹²Ô»åÌýWiley RutledgeÌý(³¢²¹·É’22).

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