Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday reaffirmed his role as the ardent defender of Native American rights on the nine-member bench, writing dozens of pages in a pair of opinions about why “Tribes enjoy a unique status in our law.Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday reaffirmed his role as the ardent defender of Native American rights on the nine-member bench, writing dozens of pages in a pair of opinions about why “Tribes enjoy a unique status in our law.