Friday, June 24, 2005

Imagine If They Were Liberals

For years, I've heard the fear expressed that our Supreme Court is too conservative. Lately, though, the other side's been ascendant, winning one big case after another.

So what do these non-conservatives believe? To pick a few highlights: the government may regulate political speech during an election; the government may judge people by the color of their skin; growing a crop and selling it to your neighbor qualifies as interstate commerce; and now, of course, that the government, if it doesn't think you're using your property to make them enough money, can take it away.

By the way, this successful group on the Court is generally referred to as--don't laugh--"moderates."

PS If you get a chance, read the Kelo case linked above. Especially the dissents.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd say the "moderates" on the court are Kennedy and O'Connor.

8:00 AM, June 24, 2005  
Blogger LAGuy said...

Many Court watchers have a standard that sees Brennan and Marshall as examples of liberals, types who don't exist on the court anymore. People like Breyer or Souter are relative moderates (look at them on, say, rights of the accused, or freedom of speech). And Kennedy and O'Connor, though they stray from the reservation occasionally, are still solid conservatives.

5:56 PM, June 24, 2005  

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