Pat Sobkowski: People have been making these critiques of the court for decades. The only difference is the ideological stakes and who controls the court.

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Yes, but I have been thinking about how right Thomas Keck was back in *2004*. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Most Activist Supreme Court in Historypress.uchicago.edu When conservatives took control of the federal judiciary in the 1980s, it was widely assumed that they would reverse the landmark rights-protecting precedents set by the Warren Court and replace them ...

Brilliant book.

People have been making these critiques of the court for decades. The only difference is the ideological stakes and who controls the court.

Yes, though I was reluctantly to accept Keck's take back then because I thought there was more conservative commitment to judicial minimalism (Roberts' appointment in 2005 reinforced that for me initially). But now, I think his book looks prescient.

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