In his first book since being appointed to the Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by Antonin Scalia, Neil Gorsuch writes that the US is facing a “civility crisis” and that the president and Congress are both guilty of violating the separation of powers laid out in the Constitution.
The book, “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”, has a title that reflects Benjamin Franklin’s reported reply as he left the Constitutional Convention in 1787. In it, Gorsuch describes his vision for the Supreme Court’s proper role: That judges should interpret the constitution according to its original meaning, and therefor overturn ObamaCare, slash abortion rights and bolster gun rights, according to Bloomberg.
Gorsuch also describes the run-up to his nomination. For example, he and his wife caught their flight to Washington after a neighbor drove them down a bumpy farm track so they wouldn’t be spotted by reporters staking out the family house in Colorado.
The Justice said the drive left a lasting impression on him.
“That drive threw me face first into the topsy-turvy world of modern-day Supreme Court confirmation battles,” Gorsuch writes in the 323-page book, officially released Tuesday. He was confirmed on a 54-45 vote, with only three Democrats voting in favor.
Notably, Gorsuch’s book makes only passing reference to President Trump, even though the president is often blamed for “coarsening” the public discourse.
But he does point to surveys showing that “incivility” is broadly deterring Americans from dedicating themselves to public service.
“Without civility, the bonds of friendship in our communities dissolve, tolerance dissipates, and the pressure to impose order and uniformity through public and private coercion mounts,” Gorsuch, 52, writes.
Gorsuch also lamented the fact that the executive branch and legislative branch had grown beyond their proper spheres.
“The framers firmly believed that the rule of law depends on keeping all three governmental powers in their proper spheres,” Gorsuch writes.
Gorsuch also complains about more “niche” issues, like the rising cost and complexity of the US legal system.
“Our civil justice system is too expensive for most to afford; our criminal code is too long for most to comprehend; and our legal education system is too monolithic to allow lawyers to serve clients as affordably and well as we might,” he writes.
The rest of the book, which was co-authored by two of the justice’s former law clerks, is a compilation of the Justice’s speeches and court opinions. But the book also includes newly written original sections.
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse. But judges chambers contain thousands of law books. If ignorance is no excuse, judges should have that shit memorized, right? Because i know i dont have all those books. I’ve also tried to look up laws, and either can not find or understand the law i’m looking at. Easier when it was ten simple laws. Commandments if you will.
You are correct. The more “wordy”, the more flexible the interpretation! He was correct as well, in what is written in this article. The job of the SCOTUS is to “ONLY” determine if the issue being adjudicated “fits” the “original” meaning related in the Constitution! It is my opinion that the reasons given for President Trump being “coarse” is that he speaks plainly, just what I have been waiting for all these years. I resent having to vote for the “most accomplished Confidence person on the ballot”.
The Founders wrote the Constitution so it could be easily understood by (most) any Citizen w/ about a 4th grade education (at the time). Any idea that it requires a robbed genius w/ 30 years of education, etc. to interpret is just another lie we’ve been trained to accept.
Same goes for all other “laws.” If they are so complicated that only highly trained specialists even have a clue what they (might) mean, then they are prima facie unenforceable and illegal.
Typical blah blah blah from Gorsuch, another stupid baby boomer (I am one myself, so I can say what I want to). This black-robed fool thinks a “lack of civility” is the problem. No, you dipshit. The problem is the country is on the verge of civil war (again) because of clueless morons like you. Talking nice and pretending to find the famous “common ground” (which always seems to lie in the control of the Marxist Progressives) is not going to resolve the issues facing us. One side or the other is going to win and the losers are going to have to take it. Got that, Gorsuch? Oh, another thing. Better pick the winning side because prominent people who stand with the losers are going to hang.
I had no idea that civility was the appropriate response to treason, insurrection, and a leftist globalist coup. Thanks, Justice Gorsuch for setting me straight!
Ah, yes, another “Book Deal”. It’s the preferred way by modern elites to get their payola without having to go around giving speeches, though Gorsuch only got fronted $225k so they don’t value his role very highly, at least not yet.
No shit? The man is a gene ass.
Actually the courts have expanded beyond their proper role. It is congress that has the authority to reign in the courts, but has failed miserably to fulfill its proper role. Instead, congress, and everyone else just acquiesces and “goes along” with flawed politically motivated court rulings. It is time to say “NO” to the courts. As the courts have no enforcement authority, it would be easy to refuse to abide by a court’s ruling.
Congress does the same thing with the “administrative state”. If you contact your representative about something EPA did to you, his/her response will be “They set the rules up and there is nothing I can do about it.” It is their way to have their cake and eat it too.
Congress is worthless and costs us BILLIONS
Anyone who says I’m not civil can suck my dick.
Fuck yourself gorsuch. The constitution is a farce. It was created to stem the power of the ruling class. How did that work out? It can’t even reduce the rate of rise in government nor stop it from fucking with every country in the world. I’ll give you civility when power mad pricks like you stop ruling over me by force. Until then suffer you asshole.
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