Neil Gorsuch: “The courts are a very important place for the vindication of civil rights and for minorities.”

We readily acknowledge that different lower courts have taken different views of the discretionary function exception.

Congress has also delegated to them vast legislative and judicial powers.

Isn’t it a fundamental premise of our First Amendment that the state shouldn’t be picking and choosing between religions?

We do not question that sometimes an individual's unlawful use of marijuana (or any other controlled substance) may render him a danger to others.