SCOTUS Moving Rightward Under Roberts The Washington Post reports that this past Supreme Court session shows the Roberts Court to have moved definitely to the right, through a cautious and incremental — but definitely conservative — approach. “One thing I think is going on is that the Chief Justice has a devotion to the institution of the Supreme Court, and not wanting to get it out on a limb in front of public opinion,” said Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute. “But Roberts is, after all, a conservative.” The New York Times says the same thing, pointing to the key role played by Justice Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote.
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