Posts Tagged ‘Anthony Kennedy’

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How Chief Justice John Roberts Stared Down the Tea Party and Won

on July 5th, 2012 at 3:14 pm

There’s been a lot of talk about the dramatic circumstances that led the Supreme Court to vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act last Thursday. Chief Justice John Roberts was the deciding vote in a narrow 5-4 decision and many have speculated on why he chose to vote with the more moderate justices. CBS News […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Justice Anthony Kennedy is Confirmed… As Your Standard Republican Ideologue

on June 28th, 2012 at 5:44 pm

I know it’s naive to think that giving someone a lifetime appointment will somehow give a judge the ability to transcend partisanship and decide cases based only on the law, but somehow I held out hope that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would rise above the ideological and political battlefield and decide the Affordable Care […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Will Anthony Kennedy Go Down as the Worst Supreme Court Justice in Modern Times?

on June 19th, 2012 at 4:09 pm

While most would think that the distinction of worst recent Supreme Court justice would go to Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas, two men who read every court case through an ideological lens, Anthony Kennedy might just be the actual winner. Why? Because Kennedy’s votes actually matter. He is the swing vote on the divided nine-person […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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John McCain Blasts Republican Supreme Court Justices

on March 28th, 2012 at 3:28 am

Last year, the five conservative members of the Supreme Court, all appointed by Republican Presidents, decided that corporations were people and could spend unlimited sums on political campaigns. Since this was a 5-4 politically partisan decision, it made a lot of people upset. After seeing the results of this disasterous decision, even conservatives are ticked off. Arrogant, naïve and stupid. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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