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Wolf Blitzer and Stuart Rothenberg on CNN (emphasis mine):

BLITZER: Hasn't the Supreme Court, Stuart, always, though, been involved in shaping actual policy? Brown v. Board of Education 1954, ending segregated schools. Did the court go too far in that particular decision?

ROTHENBERG: Well, I don't know about a particular decision, Wolf. Everybody has their own opinions about the decisions. But I think you're generally right, that the court has sought to expand its role in interpreting law and interpreting the Constitution. And Americans have conceded the right to the court do that. So I don't -- the American public is, too, somewhat at fault. They looked to the court to do these kinds of things.

Um, maybe the reason they're looking to the court to do these things is because THAT'S THE COURT'S JOB. Jesus fucking Christ, people! When did the executive branch get relegated to crazy grandmother in the attic status? And the sad part is that, as Digby notes, Rothenberg is usually pretty reliably non-partisan. Blech.