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When that got a laugh, Gorsuch went on a brief tour of the drinking habits of the Founding Fathers:
John Adams took a tankard of hard cider with his breakfast every day.
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Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
12 Mar. 2026
John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider for breakfast.