Neil Gorsuch: “The separation of powers was perhaps the most important liberty-guaranteeing device in the whole Constitution”

In our times, the jury trial has given way to a conveyor belt of plea bargains.

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

Today, independent agencies do not just exercise executive law-enforcement powers.

Our nation is not founded on a religion. It’s not based on a common culture even, or heritage. It’s based on those ideas. We’re a creedal nation.