(Tierney L. Cross |The New York Times) Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch at an annual gala dinner held by the Federalist Society at the Washington Hilton on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Gorsuch has recused himself from a case that is set to be argued in days after ethics watchdogs and Democratic lawmakers urged him to step aside because the outcome will likely affect the financial interests of a billionaire to whom he has longstanding ties.