liberal
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Amor said she’s a former liberal but not political anymore.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. rotate their appearances in the lone liberal seat on the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
In Episode 1, you’ll hear how Gorsuch’s worldview was shaped by his iconoclastic mother, his reaction to life on a liberal college campus, and by young conservative movements of the 1980s.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
In Gillis fans saw an everyman who was more complicated than he looked: a beer-drinking history nerd with jokes exploring the spectrum between manly and “gay,” liberal and “American!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He advocated teaching poor as well as rich children, breaking down a subject to its elements, and a broad, liberal education along with teacher training.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Five justices — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with the three liberals — upheld the constitutionality of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Supreme Court agreed in a majority opinion penned by Chief Justice John Roberts that was joined by two other conservative justices and the three liberals on the top court.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Yet it was somehow 5–4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the three liberals joining Roberts in full.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Breyer’s emphasis on bridge-building, Murray said, might have been a savvier strategy when the court was more closely divided between five conservatives and four liberals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
“The liberals and the conservatives are both right in a sense,” McLanahan said.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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