Gorsuch gives scathing overview of COVID-era: ‘Fear and the desire for safety are powerful forces’

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch this week offered a brutal assessment of how America had allowed executive action to become common-place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"A leader or an expert who claims he can fix everything, if only we do exactly as he says, can prove an irresistible force. We do not need to confront a bayonet, we need only a nudge, before we willingly abandon the nicety of requiring laws to be adopted by our legislative representatives and accept rule by decree. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

Gorsuch was writing as the justices dismissed a pending appeal over the ending of the Title 42 public health order — which was used between March 2020 and May this year to expel migrants quickly at the southern border. It ended along with the expiration of the COVID-19 national emergency. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.