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|a description of the pampered culture of liberal [[professor values|professors]], and how far out of touch with the truth it is
 
|a description of the pampered culture of liberal [[professor values|professors]], and how far out of touch with the truth it is
 
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|[[judicial activism]]
 
|1947
 
|1947
 
|First coined in an article in ''Fortune'' magazine by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,<ref>http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/278089</ref> and repeatedly used in U.S. Supreme Court opinions since 1967,<ref>''United States v. Wade'',  
 
|First coined in an article in ''Fortune'' magazine by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,<ref>http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/278089</ref> and repeatedly used in U.S. Supreme Court opinions since 1967,<ref>''United States v. Wade'',  
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|Deprivation of private property due to a court decision; this concept was introduced by conservative Justice [[Potter Stewart]] in 1967, and the term was used for the first time independently by the Michigan and Hawaii Supreme Courts in the same month (!) in December 1982, and then used often in law review articles and Circuit Court decisions in the 2000s, and then the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] [[granted cert.]] on this issue in 2009.
 
|Deprivation of private property due to a court decision; this concept was introduced by conservative Justice [[Potter Stewart]] in 1967, and the term was used for the first time independently by the Michigan and Hawaii Supreme Courts in the same month (!) in December 1982, and then used often in law review articles and Circuit Court decisions in the 2000s, and then the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] [[granted cert.]] on this issue in 2009.
 
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|junk science
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|[[junk science]]
 
|1962<ref>http://rated.com/dir/Society/Issues/Environment/Opposing_Views/Junk_Science</ref>
 
|1962<ref>http://rated.com/dir/Society/Issues/Environment/Opposing_Views/Junk_Science</ref>
 
|the corruption of the scientific method to advance other, often political, goals
 
|the corruption of the scientific method to advance other, often political, goals
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|a law-and-order term, "smoking gun" was first used as figurative term in a reported judicial decision in ''Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp.'', 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12775 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 20, 1975), and many literal uses of the term in court decisions before that!
 
|a law-and-order term, "smoking gun" was first used as figurative term in a reported judicial decision in ''Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp.'', 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12775 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 20, 1975), and many literal uses of the term in court decisions before that!
 
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|socialist
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|[[socialist]]
 
|1827
 
|1827
 
|someone who advocates government control over the economy, and particularly state control of the means of production
 
|someone who advocates government control over the economy, and particularly state control of the means of production
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|a variation on "tax-and-spend" (see below), "spend-and-tax" consists of spending the money first and then trying to justify raising taxes based on the deficit created by the spending
 
|a variation on "tax-and-spend" (see below), "spend-and-tax" consists of spending the money first and then trying to justify raising taxes based on the deficit created by the spending
 
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|statism
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|[[statism]]
 
|1919
 
|1919
 
|advocates for centralized government and government ownership
 
|advocates for centralized government and government ownership
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|[[deliberate ignorance]]
 
|[[deliberate ignorance]]
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|self-centered pride obscuring the truth
 
|the term exists; the dictionary does not yet include it
 
|the term exists; the dictionary does not yet include it
 
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