Justice Gorsuch Calls COVID Emergency Orders "Greatest Intrusion" on Civil Liberties

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative Supreme Court justice, criticized emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic as "perhaps the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country." He pointed to orders closing schools, restricting church services, mandating vaccines, and prohibiting evictions. Gorsuch's criticism was aimed at local, state, and federal officials, including his colleagues. He acknowledged that emergency orders are sometimes necessary, but warned that they can generate other problems.