Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s views on tribal rights show how focusing on the actual text actually works

The United States Supreme Court bulding in Washington, D.C.

Being conservative in legal matters means saying words mean things. When the US Constitution, or a federal law, or a government regulation, says “X,” we can’t cut off the bottom right-hand side and say it’s actually “Y.” It means judges don’t make the laws — that’s the job of the elected officials who…