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A republic, if you can keep it / Neil M. Gorsuch with Jane Nitze and David Feder.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Forum, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525576785
  • 0525576789
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Contents:
Introduction -- "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" -- Our Constitution and Its Separated Powers -- The Judge's Tools -- The Art of Judging -- Toward Justice for All -- On Ethics and the Good Life -- From Judge to Justice.
Summary: "This rich collection offers Neil Gorsuch's most salient writings and speeches from his over three decades of thinking about the law as a student, practitioner, professor, judge, and now justice. For court watchers and the general public alike, it provides essential insight into his judicial philosophy and his views on the Constitution and the role of judges in our modern republic"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Justice Neil Gorsuch reflects on his journey to the Supreme Court, the role of the judge under our Constitution, and the vital responsibility of each American to keep our republic strong.

As Benjamin Franklin left the Constitutional Convention, he was reportedly asked what kind of government the founders would propose. He replied, "A republic, if you can keep it ." In this book, Justice Neil Gorsuch shares personal reflections, speeches, and essays that focus on the remarkable gift the framers left us in the Constitution.

Justice Gorsuch draws on his thirty-year career as a lawyer, teacher, judge, and justice to explore essential aspects our Constitution, its separation of powers, and the liberties it is designed to protect. He discusses the role of the judge in our constitutional order, and why he believes that originalism and textualism are the surest guides to interpreting our nation's founding documents and protecting our freedoms. He explains, too, the importance of affordable access to the courts in realizing the promise of equal justice under law-while highlighting some of the challenges we face on this front today.

Along the way, Justice Gorsuch reveals some of the events that have shaped his life and outlook, from his upbringing in Colorado to his Supreme Court confirmation process. And he emphasizes the pivotal roles of civic education, civil discourse, and mutual respect in maintaining a healthy republic.

A Republic, If You Can Keep It offers compelling insights into Justice Gorsuch's faith in America and its founding documents, his thoughts on our Constitution's design and the judge's place within it, and his beliefs about the responsibility each of us shares to sustain our distinctive republic of, by, and for "We the People."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-328) and index.

Introduction -- "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" -- Our Constitution and Its Separated Powers -- The Judge's Tools -- The Art of Judging -- Toward Justice for All -- On Ethics and the Good Life -- From Judge to Justice.

"This rich collection offers Neil Gorsuch's most salient writings and speeches from his over three decades of thinking about the law as a student, practitioner, professor, judge, and now justice. For court watchers and the general public alike, it provides essential insight into his judicial philosophy and his views on the Constitution and the role of judges in our modern republic"-- Provided by publisher.

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