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To Nudge, Shift or Shove the Supreme Court Left

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That's the title of Adam Liptak's article in the Sunday New York Times.  LINKJustice John Paul Stevens, the leader of the Supreme Court?s liberal wing, likes to say that he has not moved to the left since he was appointed to the court by President Gerald R. Ford in 1975. It is the court, Justice Stevens says, that has moved to the right. ?Every judge who?s been appointed to the court since Lewis Powell? in 1971 ?has been more conservative than his or her predecessor,? Justice Stevens said in a 2007 interview. He added that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might have been the sole exception but included himself as one of those 11 ratchets to the right. Justice Stevens, who continues to be a keen and lively participant in oral arguments at the court, will turn 89 in April...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).