On Court That Defied Labeling, Kennedy Made the Boldest Mark
Fair Courts E-lert
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Author: Linda Greenhouse
Source: New York Times
Date: 06/29/2008
Linda Greenhouse reports that the U.S. Supreme Court's term "was not last year's spectacularly divided Supreme Court." Although Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. was "in the majority in 90 percent of the decisions, more than any other member of the court," during the Court's third term, "it was once again, Justice [Anthony M.] Kennedy's court." Christopher L. Eisgruber, a Supreme Court scholar who is provost at Princeton University, stated that the Court's most recent term "demonstrated that "in cases that really raise ideological questions, the court remains ideologically divided."