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2 ANTHONY KENNEDY, THE SWING JUSTICE
With Sandra Day O'Connor retired and his colleagues evenly divided, centrist Kennedy is the likely swing vote in tight cases. He began to play the role last term--with characteristic moderation. He sided with conservatives to limit the reach of the Clean Water Act but voted with the liberals...
Watch for Kennedy's leanings in November, when the court hears arguments on the constitutionality of the 2003 federal ban on dilation-and-extraction (a.k.a. partial-birth) abortions. In 2000, when the court struck down a similar ban enacted by Nebraska, Kennedy voted with the minority. This time the question...
(2 of 3) In historical perspective, that's almost inevitable. The overarching Soviet threat of the cold war was extraordinary; so was the cooperation, from the Marshall Plan to nato to Fulbright scholarships, it inspired. "The closeness we grew used to of shared perspectives between 1950 and 1990 was the...
Some programs are designed simply to bring the leaders of the political world to Harvard. The IOP’s fellows program brings six accomplished public servants to campus for a semester to interact with students. Fellows lead study groups relating to topics of their expertise, and they often bring...