Judge Neil Gorsuch seems like a nice guy. I’m sure he would be pleasant to have over for lunch or at a dinner party. But how does he plan to get into the minds of our Founding Fathers to make decisions based on their original thinking? Is he going to hold a seance? And even that might not work. For example, we know that Alexander Hamilton and James Madison worked together on the Federalist Papers in support of the Constitution, but afterward fell into sharp disagreement over how much power to give to the central government. Perhaps the best source of good advice is George Washington’s farewell address. His first two points: As a country, we are stronger together than apart, and beware of hyperpartisanship (because it could tear the country apart). If a judge stood for those ideas, I could easily support him.
— Harvey Dershin, Evanston