Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch appeared on FOX News this morning to promote his new children’s book, but things took on a more serious tone.
Gorsuch said that a lack of basic civics knowledge about the country is a major threat to America, perhaps the greatest threat.
He cited the fact that there are Americans who could not pass the basic test given to foreigners who want to legally immigrate to the United States.
The Federalist reports:
Justice Gorsuch: ‘The Greatest Danger America Faces Today’ Is ‘Itself’
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has long championed the importance of civic education in America. So, it wasn’t totally surprising when he issued a stark warning about what happens when a people abandon their shared history and responsibilities.
The moment came on Thursday morning when Gorsuch appeared on Fox News’ Fox & Friends to debut his new children’s book, The Heroes of 1776. The literary work seeks to take kids on a journey through the harrowing stories of the Founding Fathers and lesser-known patriots during the Revolutionary War era.
While speaking to the justice, network host Lawrence Jones asked Gorsuch about the meaning of a quote from the book, which reads, “The Constitution established the first modern republic in which people rule themselves …” The Trump appointee referred back to the Declaration of Independence, which he said “contains three ‘radical’ ideas: that we’re all created equal, that we have unalienable rights that come to us from God [and] not from government, and that we the people have a right to rule ourselves — not be subjects to some dictator or a crown or king.”
“Those three ideas really shook old Europe [and were] never before tried in history. We now almost take them for granted. They’re the air we breathe, the water we swim in,” Gorsuch said. “But those ideas required courageous men, women, and children to make happen in 1776, and they require the same of us today. Thomas Jefferson said an ignorant people will never remain free for long, and he’s right. We need to know our history in order to preserve it.”
Here’s the clip:
BREAKING: Conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says schools MUST bring back a focus to American civics education and the Founders
The Democrats did a great job purging all of that.
“The greatest danger America faces? Itself.”
“Over half of Americans can’t pass… pic.twitter.com/igSf8GxZGm
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 13, 2025
Our system of public education is supposed to handle this problem, but they are obviously failing at that task.
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