SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly pressed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch about his views on President Joe Biden‘s proposal to enforce term limits on Supreme Court justices.
Gorsuch began his answer with a caveat that he would not be “going to get into specifics” of any policy proposals “by politicians in an election year.”
“We should all recognize what gifts we are given in our Constitution,” Gorsuch said to Kelly. “And one of them is the independent judiciary. And why do we care? Why does that exist?”
He then gave the example of how a “popular person” may “not need a judge or jury” because they will be protected by the majority.
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“But what happens when someone sues you? What happens when the government has you in their crosshairs?” he said, adding examples of people in high-profile legal cases.
“I think, then, that you want what James Madison wanted for you and what our founders wanted for you and the men who signed that declaration wanted for you,” the …