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Behind the Headlines: The Supreme Court and Vindication of George W. Bush

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 27 2013

This month, America passed a surprising and significant milestone. According to Gallup, George W. Bush now exceeds Barack Obama in public approval. Looking back to four short years ago, how many would have predicted that reversal of fortunes? Who expected that it would only take one term of getting to know Obama to reduce him from such stratospheric heights to below that of his reviled predecessor? It is truly astounding, and offers reassuring confirmation of Abraham Lincoln’s adage that you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. Nevertheless…

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