Comments on: Round-Up: Grants, Decisions & End-of-Term Analysis http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/round-up-grants-decisions-end-of-term-analysis/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kent Scheidegger http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/round-up-grants-decisions-end-of-term-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-11506 Kent Scheidegger Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:14:53 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/round-up-grants-decisions-end-of-term-analysis/#comment-11506 Emily Bazelon's piece exemplifies the hyperinflation of the word "extreme" by folks on the left. Yes, Roberts is conservative, but he is no more "extreme" than the liberal justices. Has he voted to bring back <i>Hammer</i> v. <i>Dagenhart</i>, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)? <i>That</i> would be "extreme," but he hasn't done that or anything like that. The changes in the law this term have been incremental, not revolutionary. To the extent the Court's center of gravity has shifted, it has been primarily the result of O'Connor->Alito, not Rehnquist->Roberts. I expect the late Chief would have voted pretty much the same as the new one on the major cases of this term. Emily Bazelon’s piece exemplifies the hyperinflation of the word “extreme” by folks on the left. Yes, Roberts is conservative, but he is no more “extreme” than the liberal justices. Has he voted to bring back Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)? That would be “extreme,” but he hasn’t done that or anything like that.

The changes in the law this term have been incremental, not revolutionary. To the extent the Court’s center of gravity has shifted, it has been primarily the result of O’Connor->Alito, not Rehnquist->Roberts. I expect the late Chief would have voted pretty much the same as the new one on the major cases of this term.

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