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Strip-Search Case Proves Privacy Is Dead

Matt Cantor — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:26:04 CDT

The Supreme Court's ruling upholding prisoner strip-searches is an indicator of a much wider trend. Such searches compromise human dignity, but in the court case, not even the dissenting justices argued against all strip-searches, writes Noah Feldman in Bloomberg . That's because "privacy, as we know it, is dying." And the...

As Day 3 Dawns, Where the Battle for ObamaCare Stands

Kevin Spak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:53:43 CDT

Yesterday's oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court went well for opponents of President Obama's health care law. "The government had in my view as bad a day as it reasonably could," the founder of SCOTUSblog says. "It won't cause the government to have a complete cardiac arrest—they'll...

Health Care Reform Dead? Not So Fast, Everyone

John Johnson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:31:05 CDT

Based on the breathless commentary after the Supreme Court's oral arguments today, it might have seemed as if the court had already decided to rule against health care reform. Sorry to spoil the fun, but it's way too early for either side to think this is a done deal, writes...

Kennedy Skepticism Signals Trouble for Health Law

John Johnson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:09:05 CDT

The gist going into today's arguments on health care reform seemed to be that the law would be upheld. But the tone in coverage looks to be shifting after swing vote Anthony Kennedy voiced skepticism about the individual mandate during two hours of oral arguments at the Supreme Court. At...

Hey, Lefties: This Supreme Court Should Scare You

Mark Russell — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:25:05 CDT

With big issues working their way toward the Supreme Court on such vital issues as health care reform, same-sex marriage, affirmative action, and police stops of undocumented immigrants, liberals need to be on guard, writes longtime court-watcher Emily Bazelon for the New York Times . Sure, there are solid progressives, such...

Jury Deadlocked Over Guilt of Hamlet

Nick McMaster — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:14:24 CST

A modern-day attempt to resolve a criminal case from way back did not succeed—despite the involvement of a Supreme Court justice. Anthony Kennedy presided over a mock trial of Hamlet at the University of Southern California, reports AP . It was a sort of legal master class—noted Los Angeles...

Why Kennedy Will Back Gay Rights

Kevin Spak — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:08:49 CDT

Now that a federal judge has ruled in favor of overturning Proposition 8, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, and more specifically, on one man: Anthony Kennedy. The perennial swing voter seems likely to swing this case, too, and Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com thinks he’ll swing it in...

Prop 8 Ruling Tough for Supreme Court to Overturn

Kevin Spak — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:17:18 CDT

Judge Vaughn Walker’s masterfully written ruling striking down Proposition 8 “was written for a court of one,” namely Anthony Kennedy, writes Dahlia Lithwick of Slate . Walker quotes extensively from Kennedy’s own findings (see Quotes, left), and his “findings of fact” section “knits together the trial evidence … to the nerves...

Supreme Court's Kennedy: I'm Not Going Anywhere

John Johnson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:27:22 CDT

If President Obama were hoping for a unexpected third opportunity to leave a mark on the Supreme Court—as in the retirement of 73-year-old Anthony Kennedy—he can forget it, reports the Daily News . Kennedy, seen as the all-important swing vote for the court's conservative bloc, tells family and friends...