very long but has been a subject for a very long time and franklin roosevelt packed the supreme court roosevelt packed the supreme court and otherjustices to the supreme court and otherjustices to the supreme court in order to get his new supreme court in order to get his new deal legislation through so the idea that supreme courtjustices have supreme court justices have political supreme courtjustices have political powers is not new and they political powers is not new and they are political powers is not new and they are there to interpret the constitution but of course they interpreted in the terms of their interpreted in the terms of their own political beliefs and that inevitably i think. it that inevitably i think. creates that inevitably i think. it creates a paradox doesn t it stephanie because in a sense the big critique wasjudicial activism but coming from the liberals under come from the left and i had created all of these new rights the 20 envisaged by the cons