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Home > Short Publications > The Supreme Court: What the 2005-2006 Term Says about the Roberts Court

The Supreme Court: What the 2005-2006 Term Says about the Roberts Court

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Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2007

WATCH REPORT

National Legal Center for the Public Interest

Publication Date: September 1, 2006

In last month's Watch Report, we reviewed important business-related decisions of the Supreme Court's 2005-2006 Term. Due to space limitations, we were forced to defer any broad generalizations--which we present now.

The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same: Two years ago, if asked, most observers would have said the U.S. Supreme Court was divided into two factions: four liberals and four conservatives, with a "swing" vote (Sandra Day O'Connor).

Today, after a battle that threatened to tear the Senate apart as an institution--and after three bloody confirmation fights--the composition of the Court appears to be . . . four liberals, four conservatives, and a "swing" vote. . . .

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