overturned the landmark rulings Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey of 1973 and 1992, respectively. The conservative bloc is sometimes further split into a wing more hesitant to overrule precedent (Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett), and a wing more willing to overrule precedent (Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch). Roberts wrote the majority opinion in West Virginia v. EPA which officially established the major questions doctrine and gutted the ability of the EPA to regulate power plant emissions using generation shifting under the Clean Air Act (United States). That opinion drew ire from critics who argued that Roberts and the conservative bloc manufactured a doctrine to thwart climate reforms. Criticism Democratic backsliding In a July 2022 research paper entitled "The Supreme Court's Role in the Degradation of U.S. Democracy," the Campaign Legal Center, founded by Republican Trevor Potter, asserted that the Roberts Court "has turned on our democracy" and was on an "anti-democratic crusade" that had "accelerated and become increasingly extreme with the arrival" of Trump's three appointees. List of Roberts Court opinions Supreme Court opinions during the 2005 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2006 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2007 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2008 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2009 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2010 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2011 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2012 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2013 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2014 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2015 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2016 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2017 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2018 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2019 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2020 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2021 term Supreme Court opinions during the 2022 term References Further reading Boyer, Cynthia. "The Supreme Court and Politics in the Trump Era." Elon L. Rev. 12 (2020): 215. online Chemerinsky, Erwin. "Roberts Court at Age Three, The." Wayne L. Rev. 54 (2008): 947. Collins, Ronald KL. "Foreword, Exceptional Freedom—The Roberts Court, the First Amendment, and the New Absolutism." Albany Law Review 76.1 (2013): 409–66. online Cross, Frank B., and James W. Pennebaker. "The language of the Roberts court." Michigan State St. L. Rev. (2014): 853. online Eidelson, Benjamin. "Reasoned Explanation and Political Accountability in the Roberts Court." Yale LJ 130 (2020): 1748. online Franklin, David L. "What