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Since the appointment of three new justices under Trump, the balance of power on the Supreme Court has shifted in favor of the “conservative” majority. Despite what is often said in the mainstream media, we argue in our new book that: “A Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court” This does not mean that current courts routinely approve laws and actions favored by conservative voters and politicians.
On the contrary, courts and individual “conservative” judges have issued opinions in favor of Big Tech, animal welfare, labor unions, for example – opinions based on jurisprudence rather than politics.
The “conservatism” of the current courts is rooted in “textualism” that the provisions should be construed and applied in light of the original official meaning of the provisions in which they were adopted.
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“Originarianism” requires close attention to the writing of the Constitution, to the overall structure of the Constitution, and to the history of the Constitution, the early years of the Republic, and its aftermath.
The traditional media falsely portrays the Supreme Court as being “conservative.” In practice, many judges uphold the original text of the Constitution and base their decisions on it. (Eric McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
As an approach to constitutional decision-making, unilateralism has serious consequences.
1. Separation of Powers
This revived the court’s interest in preserving the founder’s federal separation of powers. The current courts have begun the process of reversing this misallocation of federal power and curbing the overblown administrative state, a process that could take decades to unravel.
We consider this development in a chapter dealing with the administrative state, focusing on the court ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (2022).
The repression of the administrative state will entail a major change in the way our society is governed. On many important issues, such as mask mandates, mandatory vaccinations, student debt forgiveness, carbon emission control and the national debt, the president and federal officials have acted, or plan to act, with little consent from Congress. threatening.
Restoring the Constitution’s original plan would curb such abuses, protect civil liberties, and revitalize the democratic debate.
2. Individual Rights
The court’s unilateralist perspective has prompted it to affirm and reinvigorate individual rights, particularly the right to bear and bear arms. In A Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court, three of the most landmark cases (District of Columbia v. Heller, 2008; McDonald v. Chicago, 2010; and New York State Rifles and Pistols, Assen v. Bruen) , 2022). Understand the jurisprudence on gun rights that the courts are developing.
As we state in our book, Bruen’s court decided that “no longer treating the Second Amendment as a second-class right, the right to bear arms should be treated as other core freedoms, such as freedom of speech. put it on an equal footing,” he said.
3. Abortion rights
On the basis of spontaneity, courts have come to determine whether the claimed but unenumerated right to abortion violates the Constitution and conclude that no such right is found in the Constitution. . As detailed in his three chapters of ours, abortion rights should say nothing as a matter of selfishness.
Part of the left’s ongoing assault on the Supreme Court includes the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft in Dobb’s abortion case. (Erin Schaff/New York Times via AP, Poole, Files)
In the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case (2022), the court held so, and the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey case, which sought to rescue Roe from many strong criticisms. overturned the verdict in the case. appeared before then.
Nowhere in the constitution is the right to abortion specified. Even liberal jurists admit that the claimed literal basis for this right is surprisingly weak, yet the courts found that even if the private decision directly led to the murder of the unborn child. As such, the right to abortion is based on the strictly defined right of ‘privacy’. child or fetus.
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Dobbs conclusively points out that before Law there was little legal confirmation of the existence of such liberal rights. Dobbs sentenced Law supreme, downgrading it to the court’s worst mistake category.
However, the court paid Dobbs a hefty fine for his courageous decision, much of it highly misinformed. The defamation and intimidation process began with an insider leaking Judge Samuel Alito’s draft opinion, followed by protests in front of the conservative judge’s home, death threats, and an assassination attempt.
“Originarianism” requires close attention to the writing of the Constitution, to the overall structure of the Constitution, and to the history of the Constitution, the early years of the Republic, and its aftermath.
Liberals in Congress and the media are also pushing plans to eviscerate the independence of the courts through “courtroom stuffing” and misplaced “ethics” requirements.
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Despite these slanders and threats, the court shows no sign of bowing to its critics. In the final chapter of our book, we outline the likely trajectory of the courts and discuss the impact they should ascribe to past decisions that run counter to the original meaning of the Constitution.
We are not overly optimistic that the Court has the long-term strength and manpower to continue on the path it set out last year. But intellectual dynamism and moral conviction lie with conservatives on the court, and they may win in the end.
John Yu and Robert Delahanty publish new book “A Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court” Mr. Yu is a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. Delahanty is a Washington Fellow at the Center for American Living at the Claremont Institute.
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