We hope you didn’t spend your Fourth of July sifting tea leaves to find out who will be the next Supreme Court nominee. (We did, kind of.) We’ll learn on Monday who it will be, though an early leak would not be unheard of. Still, the Trump White House did, recall, keep Neil Gorsuch’s name from leaking out. Meantime, we’re still pondering the impact of Justice Kennedy’s departure, and we take a look at his record on business cases. Plus: Unrelated to nominations and confirmations, check out what books Chief Justice Roberts is reading this summer. Hint: “War and Peace” is not on the list. Thanks for reading Supreme Court Brief! Contact us at [email protected] and [email protected].
Kennedy’s Mixed Business Legacy
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s record on gay rights, abortion, affirmative action and the like has dominated retrospectives of the retiring jurist. But what about his views on business matters, and what will his absence portend?
