Tipping Back the Scales

How Obama can reverse justice’s long slow slide to the right.

Since Barack Obama won the election, many have wondered what he will do to repair the damage that Schlozman and his allies inflicted on the DOJ’s integrity. But there is another important question to be asked. Meese’s inventive use of the Justice Department ultimately set American jurisprudence on a rightward course. Could Obama use his Justice Department to turn it back? Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Mar. 26, 2009

the writer's impact in this piece demonstrates the ideological shift in our courts to the right, and uses much presidential and political history to do so. as such it makes a good case. it explains how the federalist society came into being and the effects a concerted purpose can have, all the way to the last administration's dept.of justice illegalities.

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