Constitutional Law

High Court Moved Far To The Right, Says Law Prof. Geoffrey Stone

The U.S. Supreme Court has been steered sharply rightward, says Geoffrey R. Stone, American Constitution Society Board of Directors member and professor of law at the University of Chicago. Stone writes:

The Supreme Court is at present more conservative than at any time in living memory. Twelve of the last fourteen appointments were made by Republican presidents. Seven of the nine sitting justices (all but Breyer and Ginsburg) were appointed by Republican presidents. Four of the current justices (Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito) are more conservative than any other justice who has served on the Supreme Court in more than half-a-century. As Justice Stevens has observed, with one possible exception, every Supreme Court justice appointed since the mid-1970s has been more conservative than the justice he or she replaced.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).