Gorsuch-like Nominee Eid ‘Inspiration’ as Working Mother

The would-be appeals court successor to Neil M. Gorsuch is a conservative jurist like the newest U.S. Supreme Court justice.

But Allison Eid also is described as someone with a fierce work ethic who is willing to hear out both sides from the bench, and for two former clerks, a woman who inspired them as a working mother.

A former clerk describes the Colorado Supreme Court justice as a textualist. This means like Gorsuch, she interprets statutes based on their wording rather than their legislative history.

Eid clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, a textualist who Gorsuch has voted with ...