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How The Supreme Court Will Shape The 2024 Election

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How Conservative Liberal or Moderate Is This Court Compared to Historical Standards?

I don't see evidence at this point that we there is a huge break from the past. We do not have a good way of measuring how the docket is changing from year to year. Even when Kennedy was still very conservative, it wasn't as aggressive particularly on social culture issues because those were places where Kennedy tended to swing in one direction or another. So i'm sorry I'm giving you a deeply unsatisfying answer but I don't see that the court is getting less conservative with time.

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