I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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On July 9th 2018 President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court

and at around the same time Justice Neil Gorsuch

finished his first term on the Supreme Court.

In this podcast today, we will discuss Justice Gorsuch's first term and contrast it to the kind of justice that Judge Kavanaugh might become.

Joining us in this important conversation are two of America's leading commentators on the Supreme Court.

Brian Garad is the Chief Counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center,

and Elizabeth Slatherly is a legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

Brianne, Elizabeth, thank you so much for joining.

Thanks for having me.

It's great to be here.

Let's jump right in.

Elizabeth, you published not long ago a piece called Neil Gorsitz just finished year one on the Supreme Court.

Here's how he's making his mark.

How is he making his

mark and what judicial philosophy has he displayed in cases from his maiden opinion

Henson versus satinander to other cases throughout the year.

I think Justice Gorsuch made a splash in his first full term on the court.

He jumped right in ready to do the job.

He wrote seven majority opinions this term, including one that I

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