NEW: Gorsuch Is Confirmed

Moments ago, the Senate officially confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to be the newest Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Thank God. Thank God that this process is finally over; it was actually a rather quick confirmation, from the first nomination announcement to final Senate vote, but with all the bitter partisan struggles it felt like forever. I was getting tired of reading and writing about it, day after day, to be honest. But the process is finally over.

And thank God that Neil Gorsuch, not Merrick Garland or whomever Hillary Clinton would have nominated, is the one about to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat. Justice Scalia was a giant of constitutional law, and was a major force in returning the Supreme Court to a limited government, originalist jurisprudence. Not many people could be expected to fill those shoes. Now-Associate Justice Gorsuch is one of the very few who can.

Congratulations, Justice Gorsuch. Now don’t let us down.