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...months before the company's 100th anniversary, General Motors Corp. executives remain defiantly upbeat in the face of a weak economy, terrible sales and Wall Street speculation that the giant automaker could ultimately wind up in bankruptcy court if the slump continues...
...long will the changed mood last? The role of personality on the Supreme Court shouldn't be overstated. In cases in which they have strong, pre-existing constitutional views on issues from abortion to guns to Guantánamo, the Justices are unlikely to persuade one another. And as Scalia said, "What changes the court, I assure you, is much less the character of the Chief Justice--although that has some effect--than it is the nature of the people who have been appointed." That's why, regardless of Roberts' current consensus-building, the future of the court will be determined...
...contrast, if Obama wins, the ideological makeup of the court will remain the same for the foreseeable future--four liberals and four conservatives, with Kennedy in the middle. In that case, Roberts' success in promoting bipartisan unity may make the difference between a Supreme Court that declares war on Obama's domestic agenda--from health-care reform to a national response to global warming--and a court that is content to get out of the way of a Democratic President and Congress. Maybe that's why Obama is already sending bouquets to the Roberts Court: even if the Chief Justice...
Rosen, a law professor at George Washington University, is author of The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
...people like Horn because of a wide perception that criminals are still given far too many rights at the expense of law-abiding (and gun-owning) citizens. As Horn said in his 911 call, he wasn't going to let those robbers get away. For many, the recent Supreme Court decision striking down Washington's gun ban was seen as a rare respite from a long string of legal attacks on the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms. The Horn decision was hailed as another rare victory...