So we talked in class a lot about the makeup of the Supreme Court and appointments to the Court. I found an article in the New York Times magazine I thought some of you might be interested in. It is about Justice Stevens, one of the most "liberal" justices as well as the longest serving justice and his role on the Court. It talks a lot about the appointment of current justices and the political makeup of the Court. If you have time it is really interesting and it may help you understand a bit more about the current Supreme Court.
Do you think the Court has moved heavily to the right, as Justice Stevens thinks?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/magazine/23stevens-t.html
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I think the Court has faithfully interpreted the Constitution more often than it did when the Court was dominated by the Left. Implicit in the question is the notion that moving the Court to the right is a bad thing. The Burger Court cannot be said to be a centrist court in any conceivable way, therefore a move to the right was essential to keep it in equilibrium.
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