Neil Gorsuch
The Public Record
Brown v. Board of Education, Senator, was a correct application of the law of precedent.
We owe this man the kindness of stating his arguments as fairly as we can and then responding with clear answers in plain English.
For after all, this is a democracy at the end of the day. It is not an oligarchy of judges.
Gideon is a seminal precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court, and it deserves respect on that basis.
If judges became legislators, we would be bad at it, and we would absolve you from your responsibilities.
If Congress wishes to revise the law, I will be the first one in line to enforce it.
Well, no, Senator, I am happy to say Shelby is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court.
In that case, the majority opinion that I wrote for the court, I upheld the right of the family to pursue the police officer for damages under the United States Constitution.
Obergefell is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court. It entitles persons to engage in single-sex marriage.
When I became a judge, they gave me a gavel, not a rubber stamp, and nobody comes to my court expecting a rubber stamp.