The 5 Worst Supreme Court Rulings of the Past 50 Years: New at Reason

James Madison once said that the job of the U.S. Supreme Court was to act as “an impenetrable bulwark against every assumption of power in the legislative or executive.” Unfortunately, the justices have not always seen their role in the same light. Here are five cases from the past five decades in which a majority of the Court fell down on the job, writes Damon Root.

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