Justice Gorsuch to co-author children’s book about the Declaration of Independence

Justice Neil Gorsuch said Thursday he will co-author a children’s book next year focused on the Declaration of Independence, a departure from the headier book the conservative jurist authored last year that targeted burdensome government regulations.

The book will be titled “Heroes of 1776: The Story of The Declaration of Independence” and is set to publish in May, which Gorsuch indicated is timed to correspond to the 250th anniversary of the document’s signing.

“Over the next year we’ll celebrate a lot of dates and events with fireworks and I wanted to share with children some stories about the courage and sacrifice of the heroes behind 1776 who gave us our Constitution and our liberties,” Gorsuch told Fox News in an interview Thursday.

The book will be published by HarperCollins.

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