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New York Times
March 2, 2001
Supreme Court Watch

The Supreme Court v. Balance of Powers

The current Supreme Court has a definite political agenda - one devoted chiefly to reallocating governmental power in ways that suit the views of its conservative majority...

The court's recent decision in Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett, which ruled that state employees may not sue their states under the Americans With Disabilities Act, is but the latest example of the court's assertion of the primacy of its views over those of Congress...

For nearly a decade, the court's five conservative justices have steadily usurped the power to govern by striking down or weakening federal and state laws regulating issues as varied as gun sales, the environment and patents - as well as laws protecting women and now the disabled. Not in every situation, of course, but the general blueprint is unmistakable. Rather than serving to chasten the conservative court, the experience of deciding Bush v. Gore may have further emboldened it.

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