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By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

If you are enough of a geek to be interested in the various splits and leanings of the United States Supreme Court justices, here is a very good and nuanced New York Times article by Linda Greenhouse entitled "At Supreme Court, 5-to-4 Rulings Fade, but Why?" She discusses the role that Kennedy played in the last term, and how that has changed. Here are a couple of excerpts:Still, there is a clear pattern in the cases the court has already decided this term. The court held Kentucky?s method of execution by lethal injection by a vote of 7 to 2. It upheld Indiana?s law requiring photo identification at the polls by a vote of 6 to 3. The justices voted 7 to 2 on Monday to uphold the latest federal effort to curb trade in child pornography. All were major cases, all plausible candidates for 5-to-4 outcomes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).