The story covers a lot of territory well. The top level story of the super-rich and corporations buying a president and moving the war against the middle class and lower classes into the supreme court was only indirectly spoken to.

Well crafted, informative and fair story filled with enough information to allow parties on both side of the aisle to decide for themselves whether to cheer or jeer.

A good summary of the court's first year. A court so conservative it makes Dick Cheney look like a flaming liberal.

A really well-written story, it is thorough, balanced, and informative. One of the most interesting observations to me was how often the current court had overturned earlier precedents. Since much of our law is based on these legal precedents, this is perhaps a more striking departure from the norm than many of the actual decisions.

Great story! Quotes from opposing sides, plus many statistics, give it great credibility. Whether you dislike or like what's happened with the Supreme Court, you can read about what has been happening.

It is a careful analysis of what the new Court lineup has meant so far. Who knows, having decided to look at the Guantanamo cases they may decide to repeal Magna Carta - or take Scalia's view that foreign law doesn't apply here. What the article doesn't cover - and isn't intended to - is the extent to which the Appellate level, the step before the Supreme Court's review, has been made increasingly ideological and 'conservative', or reactionary. Maybe a lot of us started relying too much on the courts and not enough on legislatures?

In general, this is a good story - and further shows why certain members of SCOTUS need to be... "eliminated" after the next Presidential election, or sooner, if possible. Resetting the law back to a position that is actually LEGAL and supports both the rule of law, and the precedents set before the Reich Wing took over, will be a formidable task.