[Founding Father]

For those who view the court not in terms of liberal vs. conservative, but in terms of small vs. big government tendencies, nothing in the new court makeup suggests it will begin to roll back the excesses of federal growth and misuse of the Commerce clause we've seen since at least the 1930's.

You're absolutely correct. We may have one vote in Thomas and he's shaky.

[Wolfstar]

We may have one vote in Thomas and he's shaky.

Sigh. From the earliest days of the Republic, the Supreme Court has been the worst of the three branches in terms of seizing and applying more power than the Constitution gave it, and also in terms of helping the other two branches expand their power.