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Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-FEB-03
Format: Online - approximately 685 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
Martin Garbus Times Books www.henryholt.com 336 pp., $25

Conservative politicians are fond of attacking liberal judges, but the reality is that conservatives are solidly in control of the U.S. Supreme Court. For many reasons, the extent to which conservative judges are activists is not realized by most inside and outside the legal profession.

The Supreme Court has not overturned controversial decisions like Roe v. Wade or Miranda v. Arizona, creating the impression of a moderate Court. Many of its most conservative rulings have involved technical topics such as sovereign immunity and the scope of Congress's powers under [section] 5 of the...

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