Why a “Conservative” Supreme Court Will Issue Liberal Rulings

“Conservative legal theory holds that laws need to be interpreted and applied according to their “original” or “textual” meaning. Conservative judges, unlike liberal judges, resist ‘making laws,’ which they consider to be the role of legislators….they also tend to have a high respect for ‘precedent,’ for upholding previous court rulings. …Nevertheless, questions arise about how these justices applied their conservative legal theory.” - Veith