"So the majority is the Court's left, with Justice Kennedy.... The dissent is per Kagan for the Court's left."

SCOTUSblog live-blogging 2 new Supreme Court cases this morning.

I was surprised at the blunt expression "the Court's left." Is that the way we talk now? In class, I take the trouble to apologize for resorting to using the expressions "the liberal side of the Court" and "the conservative side of the Court." It's inappropriate and inaccurate for some reasons, and I don't mean to say that "conservative" and "liberal" applied to the Court mean what they mean in the political context, but it does save time. One could save even more time with "the Court's left" and "the Court's right."

Should we say "the Court's left" and "the Court's right"?
	Yes. Blunt talk is best and the Court is political.
	Yes. It saves time and it's close enough.
	No. It desensitizes us to the inaccuracy of thinking of the Court as political.
	No. It's accurate, but it implies that a political Court is normal or even good.
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