Supreme Court·Justices

Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett urge Americans to learn their history as the nation marks 250 years

Published 4:58 PM CT, Wednesday, November 11, 2026 · Updated 5:06 PM CT
In the 5 PM CT update

Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett each urged Americans to study their system of government and its history in interviews filmed by the Federalist Society ahead of its National Lawyers Convention this week, Fox News reported. "The ideas in the Declaration of Independence that all of us are created equal, that every one of us has God-given rights — they don't come from government, they come from God," Gorsuch said. The Court is closed for Veterans Day and the justices meet in conference Friday.

• Supreme Court
• Neil Gorsuch
• Brett Kavanaugh
• Amy Coney Barrett
• Civic education
• America 250
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Federalist Society
• Religious liberty
• United States