Gorsuch said the conventional wisdom that the Supreme Court is split along partisan lines based on the political views of the president that appointed each justice is ‘rubbish’
By Tad Walch | Deseret News
The members of the U.S. Supreme Court should interpret the Constitution based on the original intent of the Founding Fathers so that nine justices don’t rule the nation, one of the court’s own, Justice Neil Gorsuch, told a capacity crowd at Brigham Young University on Friday night.
“Nine people in Washington should not govern a continental country of 330 million people,” said Gorsuch, who added that he is the first justice to be confirmed after testifying to being an originalist in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Gorsuch joked that living constitutionalists have a better name, but he said originalists offer a better long-term future for American democracy.
“I worry some living constitutionalists will take your rights away,” he said. “I want an enduring Constitution.”
