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As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the columnist David French sits down with a fellow originalist, the Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch. The two discuss the radical nature of the country’s founding, its continuing influence on the court and why David sees the justice’s jurisprudence as “a combination of originalist and anti-bully.”

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‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250

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‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250