

John Roberts: The New Center Of The Roberts Court?
With Justice Kennedy retiring, the new center of the Roberts Court is likely to be the Chief Justice himself.
With Justice Kennedy retiring, the new center of the Roberts Court is likely to be the Chief Justice himself.
Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.
The Supreme Court seems as closely divided as ever on an issue that has divided the nation for forty years, but the implications of Justice Scalia’s death were quite apparent during oral argument in the Texas Abortion Law case.
The next President will have a profound ability to shape the future of the Supreme Court, but that is unlikely to be the most important issue on voters minds in 2016.
Assuming it accepts the appeal, Utah is giving the Supreme Court its high profile case for the October 2015 Term.
Even the most ideologically divided members of the Supreme Court agree with each other 65% of the time.
Supreme Court watchers have been speculating since Sunday night about who might have leaked confidential court information to the press.