While the Supreme Court is on recess for the summer, Justice Neil Gorsuch released his new book, Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law, on Aug. 6. On the same day, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) The Art of Power saw publication as well. The simultaneous release is just a coincidence, but both books touch on similar themes. Namely, how do Gorsuch and Pelosi represent their own interests and their larger organizations, and what is the public urged to conclude as a result? 

Gorsuch joined the court’s majority opinion on Trump v. United States, the case that seemed to glue President Joe Biden’s sights on court reform, and he has since been consistent in his limited, though pointed, defense of the court as-is. Over Ruled, his most recent book, examines an adjacent topic: over-legislation and the impact it has had on both the public and the governmental system itself.