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The course correction a century in the making: Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
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Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
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March 22, 2008
- Author:
- Komenda, Michael
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Numerous sources pointed to the first full term of the Roberts Court as proof of a strong rightward tilt in the political orientation of the Supreme Court. (1) Drawing from disparate cases in areas ranging from election law (2) and free speech (3) to school segregation (4) and the stringency of court filing deadlines, (5) journalists, (6) public officials, (7) academics, (8) and advocacy groups (9) decried the 2006 Supreme Court Term as a full-frontal assault on democratic institutions and evidence that Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito were far more conservative than their confirmation hearings had suggested. Furthermore, various commentators suggested that the two newly ...