Washington • Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee offered their glove-in-hand support on Tuesday for the fight to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, whose rulings on religious freedom are easy talking points for conservatives eager for a court that continues a tilt in their direction.
Gorsuch, a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Utah in its jurisdiction, has favored religious organizations in various cases, siding with Pleasant Grove in a battle to keep its Ten Commandments monument and for Utah Gov. Herbert to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding.