U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch warned in 2010 that the trend toward too much discovery and too few trials in civil litigation, as well as the “vitriol” of judicial confirmation hearings, were threatening the rule of law in America.
“Speaking candidly, nothing is inevitable and we can’t take the rule of law in our [society] for granted,” Gorsuch wrote in notes prepared for a speech in Colorado. The notes were submitted recently in supplemental filings with the Senate Judiciary Committee in anticipation of Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing beginning March 20.
