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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 9 SepteMber 2019
AP Interview: Gorsuch rues loss of civility but mum on Trump

By MARK SHERMAN and says and judicial decisions.
JESSICA GRESKO Gorsuch also sets forth his
Associated Press view of the proper role of
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jus- each branch of the fed-
tice Neil Gorsuch is follow- eral government — the
ing the path of Supreme presidency, Congress and
Court colleagues-turned- the courts — and defends
authors in a new book in his originalist approach to
which he laments the loss of interpreting laws and the
civility in public discourse. Constitution according to
The 52-year-old justice their meaning when writ-
wrote “A Republic, If You ten.
Can Keep It” because He is the latest justice, fol-
Americans should remem- lowing Sonia Sotomayor,
ber that their political op- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clar-
ponents “love this country ence Thomas and Stephen
as much as we do,” Gor- Breyer, to write a book
such said in an interview while on the court.
with The Associated Press Seated in his corner office
in his Supreme Court office. a little over a month before
The book is being published the Oct. 7 start of the new
Tuesday. Supreme Court term, Gor- Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s first appointee to the high court, speaks
But Gorsuch had little to such appeared relaxed to The Associated Press about events that have influenced his life and the loss of civility in public
say about President Don- and upbeat. He showed off discourse, in his chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.
ald Trump, who appointed a plaque he brought back Associated Press
him to the Supreme Court from his summer teach- in the aftermath of Justice politicians who are sup- Bush judges or Clinton judg-
and who routinely brands ing sojourn in Padua, Italy, Brett Kavanaugh’s tumul- posed to do that. And I es. What we have is an ex-
his opponents dopes, los- signed by “the boys” of the tuous Senate confirmation saw a lot of that thinking” traordinary group of dedi-
ers, liars and worse. local police station. hearings: Judges are not during his own confirmation cated judges doing their
“If you’re asking me about He’ll travel to California and politicians in robes, even if hearings in 2017, Gorsuch level best to do equal right
politics, I’m not going to Texas to speak about his their decisions in high-pro- recalled. to those appearing before
touch that,” Gorsuch said. book at the Richard Nixon file cases often can be pre- In November, Chief Jus- them,” Roberts said in re-
All Gorsuch would say library and George W. Bush dicted based on the presi- tice John Roberts offered sponse to a question from
about Trump is that during presidential center before dent who appointed them. a plain-spoken rebuke the AP.
the nomination process in the term begins, in addition “It’s one thing to think that to Trump after the presi- Among the criticisms of
2017, the president “was to speaking at the National judges occasionally, mis- dent described a judge originalism is that the Con-
very gracious to my family.” Archives in Washington. takenly, wrongly decide who ruled against his asy- stitution, as Breyer has said,
Penguin Random House One theme of the book is cases based on who they lum policy as an “Obama uses broad language that
gave Gorsuch a $225,000 a common refrain among like and who they dislike as judge.” the founders knew would
advance for the book, a the justices when they parties. It’s another thing ‘’We do not have Obama have to be flexible to
collection of speeches, es- speak in public, especially to think that judges are just judges or Trump judges, changes in society. q

Review:
Chrissie Hynde takes jazz

turn on ‘Valve Bone Woe’

By PABLO GORONDI one by the Pretenders: a “Something Else,” Ray Da-
Associated Press verbose rush through the vies’ bossa nova-inspired
Chrissie Hynde, “Valve horn-heavy “How Glad I “No Return.”
Bone Woe” (BMG) Am,” a 1964 hit for Nancy Hynde sounds decidedly
Pretenders frontwoman Wilson. youthful on “Absent Mind-
Chrissie Hynde brings A large string section often ed Me,” while the Beach
much of the same quali- adds a dreamy dimension Boys’ “Caroline, No” is one
ties to “Valve Bone Woe” to compositions like John of several songs where
— her latest collection of Coltrane’s “Naima,” where synths and dub-like sound
tunes, mostly orchestral the lack of lyrics doesn’t effects create a slightly
jazz — to her rock perfor- keep Hynde from making disturbing mood. On a re-
mances: attitude, commit- an impression, Rodgers cord where the pace is
ment and expressiveness. and Hammerstein’s “Hello decidedly leisurely nearly
Working with producers Young Lovers” and Nick throughout, a little disquiet
Marius de Vries and Eldad Drake’s delicate “River is welcome. This cover image released by BMG shows “Valve Bone Woe,”
Guetta, along with mostly Man.”That dreamiest of While more than a hand- the latest release by Chrissie Hynde with The Valve Bone Woe
UK-based jazz musicians styles, bossa nova, gets a ful a rock ‘n’ rollers have Ensemble.
like David Hartley, Ian couple of nods, first with a tried their hand at similar Associated Press
Thomas and Andy Wood, real standard of the genre albums (and some can’t and a sharp selection of “Valve Bone Woe” is suc-
Hynde opens with the song in “Once I Loved,” but keep from continuing to songs going for it. cessful, ear-catching and
from this album that could also with a hidden gem try), “Valve Bone Woe” Even if her fabulous vibra- ear-caressing. Woe is you
most unobtrusively fit on from The Kinks’ 1967 album also has Hynde’s smarts to is mostly kept in check, if you miss it.q