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

the ball is back in Congress' court

Once a case is settled that adds to the determinacy of the law.

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.

That Fourth Amendment test, which the Court invented in 1967, has no basis in the Constitution's text or history.