Hardline Republicans suddenly realised prisons had become profligate symbols of state failure and, to the delight of experts and liberals, shifted resources into tackling underlying causes of crime such as addiction, chaotic backgrounds, inadequate education and mental health issues.
And rather than countering the Sweden Democrats' anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric with a vision of their own, the liberals shifted to the right with proposals that included sending the army into neighborhoods with high crime rates.
What church leaders may have told the scouts in private has not been revealed, but for the Boy Scouts, the threat was implicit that a liberal shift on homosexuality could drive away the Mormons, Catholics and other church partners, decimating the organization.
An eventual appointment for Garland is also less likely to mark a liberal shift in the Supreme Court.
And while a liberal shift in our culture, the seeming limitlessness of online hookups, and increased acceptance of non-heteronormative sex may make it seem like we are embracing our inner bunnies and going at it more than ever, recent research shows exactly the opposite.
In time, he became the leader of the court's liberal bloc, partly because of his own evolving views, partly because the definition of liberal shifted as the court became more conservative.
For liberals, the shift in history teaching is welcome news and a necessary preface to peace because it fosters the growth of individualism, which they see as a vital check on group coerciveness.
Whether or not they buy the reasoning behind it, many readers will think Mr Wolfe's call for active government is now merely pushing at an open door.Faster than anyone expected, the argument among liberals has shifted.
According to televangelist Pat Robertson, Christians have lost ground in the U.S. due to a liberal cultural shift ― which Robertson blames on LGBTQ people who have "dominated the media" and "infiltrated the major universities".
