FIRST ON FOX: Supreme Court justices confront what it will take to keep America's founding freedoms alive

FIRST ON FOX: As America celebrates 250 years of independence this year, three conservative Supreme Court justices are warning that preserving the nation's founding freedoms for future generations depends on Americans understanding their history, embracing civic education and actively participating in their system of government.Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett each implored Americans to familiarize themselves with their system of government and the history behind it to ensure that the nation’s legacy is preserved.Though the three conservative justices were united in their call for civic education, they each approached the topic differently in a series of interviews filmed by the Federalist Society and obtained by Fox News Digital.The videos come ahead of the Federalist Society's 2026 National Lawyers Convention this week, which spotlights "250 Years of American Exceptionalism."Gorsuch, for instance, struck a distinctly religious tone.GORSUCH HIGHLIGHTS STAGGERING DECLINE IN CIVIC LITERACY THAT PROMPTED HIM TO AUTHOR NEW BOOKSupreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch discussing America's 250th anniversary.

(Federalist Society)"I think it's very easy to take the rights granted in our Constitution and the ideals expressed in the Declaration for granted," he said."They are, for us, a little bit like the air we breathe and the water a fish might swim in.

They seem natural to us, but they weren't in 1776.The ideas in the Declaration of Independence that all of us are created equal, that every one of us has God-given rights — they don't come from government, they come from God."Gorsuch, who was appointed to the court by President Donald Trump in 2017 following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, went on to describe the importance of historical study to the preservation of the American way of life.THE UNWINNABLE WAR AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS FOUGHT AND WON CHANGED HUMAN HISTORY FOREVERChief Justice of the ...