Justice Neil Gorsuch visited the National Constitution Center to celebrate Constitution Day and discuss his new book A Republic, If You Can Keep It. Justice Gorsuch, the Honorary Chair of the National Constitution Center’s Board of Trustees, sat down with President Jeffrey Rosen to discuss his passion for civics and civility, the importance of separation of powers, what originalism means to him, and why he is optimistic about the future of America.
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The Honorable Justice Neil Gorsuch is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Originally from Colorado, Justice Gorsuch worked in private practice before serving as the principal deputy associate attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2006, President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, where he served for 10 years. In January 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Justice Gorsuch was confirmed, and later sworn in on April 10, 2017.
Jeffrey Rosen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, the only institution in America chartered by Congress “to disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.”
Additional Resources
- A Republic, If You Can Keep It by Justice Neil Gorsuch
- Gamble v. United States, Justice Gorsuch dissenting
This episode was engineered by Greg Scheckler, and produced by Jackie McDermott and Tanaya Tauber.
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