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High Court Takes Giant Steps Backward

WASHINGTON -- The new Supreme Court is more conservative than it has been in decades. It's also meaner.

It is a dream come true for Republican presidencies dating back to the "strict constructionist" court aspirations of President Nixon and now made possible by the conservative George W. Bush.

Before closing down for the summer last month, the high court tossed out a flurry of decisions that overturned or reinterpreted long-standing liberal precedents.