Federalist Society

When was the last time – outside of a political science seminar – that you heard the phrase “conservative judicial activism”?  In connection with the Taney Court, perhaps, which issued the notorious Dred Scot decision in 1853?  In the wake of the truncated aftermath of Election 2000?  Perhaps never.  Perhaps you should hear it more often.

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This is a much-condensed version of the Commonweal Institute report with the same title. Author David C. Johnson wrote this article at the request of this Canadian law journal, as the same organizations and individuals that are seeking to undermine the civil justice system in the United States are carrying out a similar campaign in other Anglophone countries.

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