As Justice Gorsuch rails against federal rules, some profiled in his new book embrace more measured view

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is using a new book to lament what he sees as an explosion of government rules he fears is having serious consequences for the “lives and liberties of every American ” Some of the people the conservative justice portrayed in the book as victims have a more nuanced view of the regulations that ensnared them, saying they understood the underlying need for the rules.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has used the same or similar legal reasoning on alleged government power grabs.

The Supreme Court justice spoke at the Reagan and Nixon presidential libraries last week about his new book.

He tells the story of several Americans and businesses affected by social-distancing restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

He worries that the rules put in place during the pandemic had an outsized impact on drug treatment and mental health.

A state appeals court ruled last year that the county hadn’t established the need for the septic system.

The case is pending at the state’s highest court.

Health officials in Minnesota said they are still attempting to resolve the dispute.

The issue was whether there was a way to treat the water that accommodated the religious beliefs of the community.