When the Supreme Court is unanimous or nearly so, as it has been for much of the term, there is no need for a swing vote. So Justice Anthony Kennedy has not been heard from very much lately. But with the Kennedy-authored ruling last week in Boumediene v. Bush -- a history-making rebuke of Bush administration enemy combatant policies -- the swing vote has returned, triumphant.
June 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When the Supreme Court is unanimous or nearly so, as it has been for much of the term, there is no need for a swing vote.
So Justice Anthony Kennedy has not been heard from very much lately. Even as Boumediene v. Bush was argued last December, Kennedy was pretty quiet. At one point Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg flatteringly mentioned something Kennedy had written, but he did not seem to enjoy the attention.
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