As the author of a book called Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court, I naturally took an interest when Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch published a book late last year called Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law. But life moves pretty fast sometimes, and I didn't get around to reading Gorsuch's book (co-written with his former law clerk Janie Nitze) until earlier this year. Then, to my surprise, I found Over Ruled to be extremely disappointing.
Allow me to explain why.
Gorsuch's book persuasively argues that "too much law" has harmed the American people. "When law expands rapidly in size and complexity," he writes, "when important rules can change (and change back again) with ease and little warning, when important guidance is sometimes found only in an official's desk drawer, who are the winners and losers?"
