Funny, but all the right-wing critics of "activist judges" who screamed for decades

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12. When the SCOTUS is regressive, they can really f**ck things up.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) enshrined separate but equal as constitutionally sound. The legacy effects of that decision still live with us to this very day. It took activist progressive judges in the latter half of the 20th century to rectify this ruling which created systemic economic and racial disparities.

Historically, SCOTUS has been used to preserve the property rights of the privileged class which is dangerous in a country whose foundation, at least rhetorically, is progressive. You cannot have a progressive foundation and still preserve class advantages.