the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. And

existing regime, which, since 1896, had mostly been dominated by conservative Republicans. It was Roosevelt and his New Dealers who were the insurgents. Only after Roosevelt won increasing Congressional majorities in three successive elections and demonstrated that the public was behind his reforms did the Supreme Court make its famous "switch in time" in 1937, upholding federal labor laws and state minimum wage laws. Then, after Roosevelt was finally able to make new appointments, the Supreme Court -- by now stocked with New Dealers -- upheld all of his signature legislative achievements. In fact, Roosevelt's actions -- and his nine Supreme Court appointments -- began a new constitutional regime, with new assumptions about federal power and judicial review.What about a more recent example, Citizens United? It struck down parts of an important statute, the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. And, in the process, the Court overturned a 1990 precedent that allowed states to regulate corporate speech

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