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The conventional wisdom that the court be partisan on the basis of the political views of the president who appointed each judge is false, said a judge of the United States Supreme Court. Judge Neil Gorsuch spoke of civility to an audience of about 1,000 people at Brigham Young University on Friday, refuting the notion that judges are simply "like politicians dressed in robes".
Gorsuch is considered one of the most conservative members of the Supreme Court, although he recently agreed with more liberal colleagues in a decision reaffirming the right of a criminal accused at a jury trial.
Gorsuch denied that judges' decisions are predictable, reported the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News.
"Garbage," he says. Gorsuch indicated that he was using the original meaning of the Constitution to guide his judicial decisions, as opposed to judges who believe that interpretations of the document should evolve over time.
"I fear that some constitutional-lifeists are taking away your rights," he said.
Gorsuch said that he did not recognize the court, which is reflected in the media, alluding to deep divisions among the nine jurists.
He testified at Brigham Young's hearing that the judges were preparing full lunches while Judge Stephen Breyer was testing jokes his grandchildren had taught him. Gorsuch said he and his colleagues were singing happy birthday, grilling at staff picnics and making jokes.
"It's the Supreme Court I know," he said.
According to officials, Supreme Court judges ruled unanimously in 40% of the 70 cases they heard in a warrant from October to May.
Gorsuch is concerned about the deterioration of civic education. He said that only about a third of millennia think that it is important to live in a democracy.
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