Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation: What Does Neil Gorsuch Mean for Civil Liberties?
By Sue Udry
On a few issues, Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, is not abominable. But overall, he is cut from the same cloth as Antonin Scalia, and is likely not a man we can count on to cast the deciding vote for liberty from the bench…
Free Speech:
Gorsuch doesn’t have a long record here, but a few cases unearthed by David at the Center for Competitive Politics support media freedoms against claims of defamation or invasion of privacy. Gorsuch also ruled against a Colorado law limiting campaign contributions, because they were applied unequally to third parties. His opinion argued that “a state cannot adopt contribution limits that so clearly discriminate against minority voices in the political process without some “compelling” or “closely drawn” purpose – and Colorado has articulated none.”
