A Conversation With Justice Neil Gorsuch on ‘The Human Toll of Too Much Law’

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

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On September 17, 2024, the Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and NCC honorary co-chair, and his co-author and former law clerk Janie Nitze, joined Jeffrey Rosen for an America’s Town Hall program in celebration of Constitution Day 2024 and the release of their latest book, Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law. Resources: Neil M. Gorsuch and Janie Nitze, Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law (2024) National Constitution Center: Constitution 101 with Khan Academy National Constitution Center Classroom resources: Federalism National Constitution Center Classroom resources: Federalism and the Separation of Powers Stay Connected and Learn More: Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].  Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library. Donate

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0:00.0	Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution
0:07.2	Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.8	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan non-profits chartered by Congress
0:16.2	to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:21.3	In this episode, I'm thrilled to share a conversation I had on
0:24.8	Constitution Day with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and his co-author
0:29.3	Jane Nitza was about their new book, overruled the human toll of too much law.
0:35.8	Enjoy the conversation.
0:37.8	Hello friends, happy Constitution Day!
0:44.0	It is so exciting to welcome you to the National Constitution Center and to welcome
0:54.8	Justice Gorsuch and Janie Nitza. Let's begin as we always do and we have the privilege of convening in this
1:09.2	sacred space by gazing at the words of the First Amendment, which are behind me.
1:16.3	And now look at Independence Hall, where it all happened, the declaration and the Constitution were drafted, and just look at it for
1:24.8	a moment and feel the energy. Kindling passion in the ideals of the declaration and the Constitution is what this day is all about.
1:44.6	It's been an amazing day which started with a ceremony for new citizens and there's nothing
1:49.9	more inspiring that any of us has the privilege of doing them watching new citizens take
1:55.4	the oath.
1:56.7	And it included a great town hall with Justice Gorsuch and Janie Nitza with teachers who are introducing into the classroom the new
2:06.0	Constitution 101 class that we've assembled to teach the essence of the
2:27.4	Constitution free to high school students across the country, the depth of the primary sources. I'm so proud to be part of the amazing team. the And now we have the great privilege of talking with the justice and Janie about his new book
2:46.1	Over ruled.
2:47.1	I should say how compelling it is in telling human stories of people who encountered the toll of too much
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