UPI, June 11
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/11/Leahy_criticizes_Supreme_Court_rulings/UPI-61461213231898/
Professor Jesse Choper said there is “some basis” for Leahy’s remarks. Since U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor retired in 2005 and Samuel Alito was appointed, there has been a tendency on the court to be more “conservative” in their rulings, Choper said. Whether it’s for good or ill that the high court has been ruling on the side of businesses is “in the eye of the beholder,” he said.