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Obama Wars Title: Bad news for Obama: Conservative Justice Kennedy tells pals he's in no rush to leave Supreme Court Bad news for Obama: Conservative Justice Kennedy tells pals he's in no rush to leave Supreme Court BY Thomas M. Defrank DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF Originally Published:Tuesday, July 6th 2010, 4:00 AM Updated: Tuesday, July 6th 2010, 9:40 AM
WASHINGTON - President Obama may get liberal Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court, but conservative swing-voter Anthony Kennedy says he's not going anywhere anytime soon. Justice Kennedy, who turns 74 this month, has told relatives and friends he plans to stay on the high court for at least three more years - through the end of Obama's first term, sources said. That means Kennedy will be around to provide a fifth vote for the court's conservative bloc through the 2012 presidential election. If Obama loses, Kennedy could retire and expect a Republican President to choose a conservative justice. Kennedy, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, has been on the court 22 years. He has become a bit of a political nemesis at the White House for his increasing tendency to side with the court's four rock-ribbed conservative justices. Without naming Kennedy, Obama was unusually critical of his majority opinion in the Citizens United case, handed down last January. That 5-4 decision struck down limits on contributions to political campaigns as an abridgement of free speech. Obama called the ruling "a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power ... in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans." He was so angry that he took the unusual step of blasting the decision in his Jan. 27 State of the Union address, with Kennedy and five other justices looking on. The White House has made Citizens United a populist rallying cry for Democrats, who hope to cut into projected Republican gains in the November elections by painting the GOP as guardians of the rich and powerful. With the retirement of fellow Californian and Stanford graduate Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006, Kennedy has inherited O'Connor's mantle as the court's swing vote. His voting pattern suggests he's actually become a far more reliable vote for the conservatives. A Supreme Court spokeswoman said Justice Kennedy would not comment.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/...thats_.html#ixzz0suVISx8R Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Conservative Justice Kennedy tells pals he's in no rush to leave Supreme Court While that is good news, it is an illustration of one of the problems with our broken country. Interpreting the intent of the Constitution - like lady Justice herself - should be blind. It should not have a "liberal" (or conservative) bias. If I could, I would. #2. To: Ignore Amos (#1) It should not have a "liberal" (or conservative) bias. I agree. Whats odd is its 'conservative' to read the Constitution and then follow it. Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit. #3. To: Ignore Amos (#1) It's interesting to see a Justice who voted in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey to uphold Roe vs. Wade classified as "Conservative". Kennedy has always been a swing voter who doesn't fit neatly into one bias or another.
#4. To: go65 (#3) CU will go down as one of the worst decisions ever made. #67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace I'm biased, obviously, given the shit I'm subjected to daily here from the anti groupie. Badeye posted on 2010-06-10 11:34:31 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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