Word: souter
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...Kennedy, two perennial swing votes, swung regularly to the right. There they met up with Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, the slash-and-burn conservatives. That the term also saw the further consolidation of a fairly reliable four-vote liberal block--John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer--is cold comfort to those four and their supporters. Unless they can attract O'Connor or Kennedy to their side more often, the left wing of the court is in danger of becoming a vestigial organ, visible but pointless...
...Parade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that organizers of privately sponsored parades have a First Amendment right to keep out marchers they do not want to include--in this case a group of gay activists. "One important manifestation of the principle of free speech," wrote Justice David Souter, "is that one who chooses to speak may also decide what not to say." The court also upheld a Florida rule that bars lawyers from soliciting accident victims through the mails for 30 days after a tragedy...
...nothing else positive comes from it, the Supreme Court's recent 9-0 decision against gay activists in the St. Patrick's Day Parade case demonstrates that this finger-pointing is both unwise and unnecessary. Judge Souter's "First Amendment absolutist" opinion places the Supreme Court squarely on the side of powerful interests which have thwarted the liberal agenda for years. The roots of oppression run deep, but a considered response to this sociologically ignorant jurisprudence can help lead liberalism out of its current quarrels and into a coherent advocacy role in the 21st century...
...student publication offering Christian viewpoints, University of Virginia officials violated free-speech rights and misconstrued the constitutional separation of church and state. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority that paying for the publication's printing cost would provide only "incidental" benefit to religion. But Justice David Souter countered that "the Court today, for the first time, approves direct funding of core religious activities by an arm of the state...
...constitute an unreasonable search. Justice Antonin Scalia cautioned that the new ruling applied only to athletes, and should not be interpreted as condoning suspicionless searches regarding other students.TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohennotes that the justices did not divide along traditional lines in this ruling. "Justice O'Connor and Justice Souter, who are generally viewed as conservatives, strongly dissented from this decision." At the same time, "Justices Breyer and Ginsberg, two Clinton appointees who might be expected to vote in a more liberal manner, went along with the majority...