The Court was irreversibly damaged as an institution in 1937, and the damage has been getting worse and worse. 1941 (Wickard), 1947 (Everson), 1954 (Brown), 1962 (Engel, Baker), 1966 (Miranda), 1972 (Roe), 1991 (Casey), 1996 (Romer), 2003 (Lawrence) - all decisions WAY, WAY beyond the authority granted by Article III, all increasing the stakes for nominations, all perverting the concept of equal justice before the law.
Brown v. Board of Education was beyond the Court's authority? It overruled Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Was Plessy beyond the Court's authority? If so, then the two decisions cancel out.
Jim, you left out Roberts and Obolacare.