Afterword

I wrote the first edition of Black Mondays in 1987, thirty-five years ago. The court was quite different then. Even though seven of the nine justices in 1987 were ap-pointed by Republican presidents, the court was still     quite moderate. Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Lyndon John-son, and Byron White appointed by John F. Kennedy, were the only justices appointed by Democratic presidents on the court in 1987. William Brennan and John Paul Stevens, appointed by presidents Eisenhower and Ford, respectively, turned out to be very liberal. Sandra Day O’Connor, appointed by President Reagan, was moderate, as was Anthony Kennedy, also appointed by President Reagan.

Now the court is packed with far-right extremists, three appointed by disgraced, twice-impeached, one-te...

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