U.S. Supreme Court
Jul. 19, 2016
The Anthony Kennedy Court
Supreme Court commentator Dahlia Lithwick said it best, "This is Anthony Kennedy's world and we are all just living in it."
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Supreme Court commentator Dahlia Lithwick said it best, "This is Anthony Kennedy's world and we are all just living in it." Justice Kennedy voted in the majority in an astounding 98 percent of all of the decisions in the recently completed term.
When Kennedy voted with the three conservative justices - John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito - the result was a 4-4 tie. This meant that the lower court decision was affirmed, without opinion from the Supreme Court, by an evenly ...
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