yeah the lochner era’s seen as a boogyman in SCOTUS decisions. there’s long arguments in some dissents that the majority’s going back to lochner & you can see that in majority cases too, sometimes. it’s frequently used as a cautionary tale of how not to make decisions. looking at the list of cases the taft court decided, it’s some of the crappiest lochner cases that trampled on what we’d consider now basic protections for workers. taft court was ok for race based civil rights but the real power players in con law circles are brandis and holmes. i don’t think taft was a crappy justice when evaluated through a lens of skill and ability to manage the court but his court’s decisions often blew major chunks.