One of the most dispiriting occurrences in the judiciary is the tendency of Republican nominees appointed to the Supreme Court to move away from textualism or originalism to side with those who fill the Constitution with ideas temporarily fashionable amongst liberal legal intelligentsia.

The New York Times' chief court watcher, Linda Greenhouse is likely a minor cause of this leftward movement. So much so that it is termed the "Greenhouse Effect." From her perch on the most prestigious paper in the land she relentlessly assaults those who side with the Constitution, history and the American people, and writes florid puff pieces on those whose jurisprudence bears an uncanny resemblance to brunch conversation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. In the circles in which many judges move, the good opinion of those who read the Times is sought after. Unless grounded in a solid Constitutional view prior to appointment and willing to bear the slings and arrows of outrageous calumny, and unless fully ready to withstand social slights a Justice can be imperceptibly moved from a solid judge to an advocate of the mindless mush that characterizes current Left jurisprudence.

This article reveals the full extent of Greenhouse's out-of-date, yet fashionable Leftism.