3 Supreme Court Justices Urge Civic Education for America’s Next 250 Years

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 11

Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett said preserving U.S. freedoms beyond the nation’s 250th anniversary requires Americans to study history, learn civics and participate in government.
Federalist Society interviews released before its 2026 National Lawyers Convention showed the three conservatives making a shared case that constitutional rights endure only if each generation understands and chooses to sustain them.
Gorsuch framed the project in religious terms, saying rights are God-given rather than government-created, while Kavanaugh called education “absolutely fundamental” to preserving and improving the republic.
Barrett pointed to the Declaration of Independence’s closing pledge as a model for civic commitment, while Sonia Sotomayor, speaking separately, warned the country has lost some norms and faces a “hard patch” as a democracy.