Judge Noonan Review

A law school friend has his review of "Narrowing the Nation's Power: The Supreme Court Sides with the States" by Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. published.
Way to go, buddy.

Since Bush v. Gore, public sentiment continues to grow that the United States Supreme Court does little more than serve divergent political constituencies. Unable to dispel this myth, Noonan’s book definitively unearths how conservative ideologues “legislate from the bench.” The Rehnquist Five’s obsession with abstract judicial and political philosophy continues to inappropriately transfer America’s political voice from the elected to the selected. In addition, the current Court has ultimately become “movement conservatism’s” third rail by consistently undercutting progressive national solutions to societal problems. Striking down various federal statutes and limiting civil remedies, the Court has systematically unencumbered the nation’s most powerful institutions and crippled victim rights.

Effing activist judges...

Note: Among Sean's prior works is a fawning review of Ryan Adam's album "Gold", which was in heavy rotation on our final law school trip with the rest of the guys to Mayleville, Ohio. Very good times.