Judge Gorsuch: Helping You Fill Out Your SCOTUS Bingo Card

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'It was THIS bigly!' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘It was THIS bigly!’ (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

That’s why John Hancock is now synonymous with his signature. No one remembers who John Hancock was, but they know that’s his signature because he wrote his name so bigly — big and boldly.

— Judge Neil Gorsuch, with a small slip of the tongue during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. His questioner, Senator Ben Sasse, quipped in response, ‘You just said bigly, and I just won five bucks.’


DBL square headshotDavid Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.

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