Law professor on partisan politics and the U.S. Supreme Court

One of the great myths of American civics is that the U.S. Supreme Court is above the fray of partisan politics — but the fate of healthcare reform seems likely to be decided by a conservative court. "The court is quite conservative [and] when you get into unsettled territory, political leanings tend to be strong predictors of individual justices," said Mark Rahdert, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "That's been established extensively by political science studies over generations of court decision making."
Feb. 6, 2011 | Philadelphia Tribune