posted February 01, 2017 08:52 AM            

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Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, is seen by the right as a credible heir to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. But in one respect, his judicial record could offer Democrats something of a silver lining.

As a member of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Judge Gorsuch has emerged as a leading critic of a Reagan-era judicial doctrine that has helped to bolster the power of the executive branch.

Such a posture might not have been a selling point under Mr. Obama. But that was before Democrats lost the White House to a Republican

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http://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/judge-neil-gorsuch- is-critic-of-legal-doctrine-that-bolsters-executive-authority-1485913128