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Page 1 of 1 How the Sotomayor Saga Could Help Progressives Take Back the Courts Sotomayor's hearings shelved the stereotype that progressive judges rule based on their hearts and treat the Constitution as a play toy. August 10, 2009 \| By Doug Kendall and Simon Lazarus \| web only The Next War Over the Courts Conservatives are already fired up about Obama's judicial nominations. Is the White House prepared for the fight? April 27, 2009 \| By Doug Kendall and Simon Lazarus Will Congress Rebuff the Supreme Court's Anti-Consumer Activism? The Court's campaign against individual court enforcement of consumer, employee, retiree, and other statutory protections has been a secret hiding in plain sight for the last four decades. Congress is finally taking notice. July 23, 2008 \| By Simon Lazarus \| web only Justice Scalia's Two-Front War Despite lip service to "judicial restraint" Scalia has been waging a war against consumer product regulation as well as protections for workers, at both the state and federal level. March 6, 2008 \| By Simon Lazarus and Harper Jean Tobin \| web only Repealing the 20th Century When most Americans think about the Supreme Court's effect, they think about such cultural hot-buttons as abortion, or due process for terrorists. December 12, 2007 \| By Simon Lazarus The Most Activist Court How should progressives think about and respond to the assaults of the Roberts Court? Here are three quick and simple suggestions. June 29, 2007 \| By Simon Lazarus \| web only Courting Big Business This week's ruling is yet another in a series of disastrous right-wing decisions by the Roberts Court. May 31, 2007 \| By Simon Lazarus and Rochelle Bobroff \| web only More Polarizing Than Rehnquist John Roberts won Senate confirmation by vowing to shun ideological activism. Instead, he's trashed judicial precedent. May 14, 2007 \| By Simon Lazarus Gunning For Congress Samuel Alito's federalist bent makes John Roberts look like a moderate. November 15, 2005 \| By Simon Lazarus and Lauren Saunders \| web only Center Court There really are vast differences among the Supreme Court's ﬁve conservatives. And that's exactly what Bush hopes he can eliminate. April 19, 2005 \| By Simon Lazarus The Constitution in Play Review of Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty April 21, 2004 \| By Simon Lazarus Page 1 of 1	Simon Lazarus is public-policy counsel to the National Senior Citizens Law Center.

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