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The '''Lamport Court''' is a period of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] during which [[Lamport]] was Chief Justice. It followed the [[Jet Court]] and preceded the [[Thanos Court]]. While a number of appointments were made during his tenure, the bench always had one liberal and two conservatives, in terms of judicial interpretation, giving the Supreme Court its first originalist majority in some 80 years. Most notably, it revived the legal concept of corporate personhood, protected campaign donations by natural persons under the first amendment, narrowed the origination clause to discount the "particular government program" exception and narrowed the interstate commerce clause as well by restoring the distinction between commerce and production in ''Carter''. Lamport served as Chief Justice from July, 2019 to January, 2021. | The '''Lamport Court''' is a period of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] during which [[Lamport]] was Chief Justice. It followed the [[Jet Court]] and preceded the [[Thanos Court]]. While a number of appointments were made during his tenure, the bench always had one liberal and two conservatives, in terms of judicial interpretation, giving the Supreme Court its first originalist majority in some 80 years. Most notably, it revived the legal concept of corporate personhood, took the Speaker and President pro tempore out of the ''Presidential Succession Act'', protected campaign donations by natural persons under the first amendment, narrowed the origination clause to discount the "particular government program" exception and narrowed the interstate commerce clause as well by restoring the constitutional distinction between commerce and production expounded in ''Carter''. Lamport served as Chief Justice from July, 2019 to January, 2021. | ||
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Revision as of 10:04, 10 March 2021
The Lamport Court is a period of the Supreme Court during which Lamport was Chief Justice. It followed the Jet Court and preceded the Thanos Court. While a number of appointments were made during his tenure, the bench always had one liberal and two conservatives, in terms of judicial interpretation, giving the Supreme Court its first originalist majority in some 80 years. Most notably, it revived the legal concept of corporate personhood, took the Speaker and President pro tempore out of the Presidential Succession Act, protected campaign donations by natural persons under the first amendment, narrowed the origination clause to discount the "particular government program" exception and narrowed the interstate commerce clause as well by restoring the constitutional distinction between commerce and production expounded in Carter. Lamport served as Chief Justice from July, 2019 to January, 2021.
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Incumbents are in bold.