Judge Gorsuch and the Role of Public Interest Litigation in Our Democracy

Authors

Alan K. Chen, University of Denver Sturm College of LawFollow

Publication Date

3-22-2017

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Article

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Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Gorsuch, Public interest, Litigation, Democracy, Supreme Court

Abstract

In 2005, shortly before he was appointed to the federal bench, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch wrote a commentary for the National Review criticizing liberals’ reliance on litigation to accomplish social reform. This was not a surprising position for one of Federalist Society’s rising stars to take. Conservatives have long frowned upon public interest lawsuits as a means of pursuing social change.

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Alan K. Chen, Judge Gorsuch and the Role of Public Interest Litigation in Our Democracy, Dorf on L. (Mar. 22, 2017), https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2017/03/judge-gorsuch-and-role-of-public.html.