Neil Gorsuch’s first year as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was not easy.

Sworn in on April 10, 2017, Gorsuch joined the court at the tail end of last term. First he had to get acclimated to the fast pace of oral arguments, and since then the slow pace of decision-making—all under the intense scrutiny of the news media and bloggers eager to chronicle his every step and misstep.