Neil Gorsuch: “If judges became legislators, we would be bad at it, and we would absolve you from your responsibilities.”

They targeted different kinds of people, did so for different purposes, and operated in different ways.

when confronted with coercive prosecutorial tactics designed to induce defendants to take plea deals, the Court has often condoned those practices or let them pass in silence.

When I became a judge, they gave me a gavel, not a rubber stamp. And nobody comes to my court expecting a rubber stamp.

Many of the arguments before us today follow a sadly familiar pattern. Yes, promises were made but the price of keeping them has become too great so now we should just cast a blind eye. We reject that thinking.