Also, As Justice Kennedy Heard Oral arguments in the case of “Boumediene v. Bush”, heard in December 5, 2007, Court watchers all came away with the feeling that Justice Kennedy, was going to side with the Conservatives “Half Way” in this current Guantanamo Bay Detainee Court case.
You can only Thnak Justice Alito for this. Justice Roberts is more like Scalia than Justice Alito. Only Justice Alito had showed an ability to get though to Justice Kennedy to make him rule based on sound common sense reasoning.
Which is to rule AGAINST THE TERRORISTS !
This is a BIG MOVE TO THE RIGHT for Justice Kennedy. In past cases on GITMO, Justice Kennedy always sided with the Liberals 100% of the time on these type of cases.
So meeting Conservatives “half way” is a massive 180 turn in the right direction. Justice Alito is the biggest reason, most Legal Scholars give as to Justice Kennedy’s sudden shift to the right, on the Supreme Court, in recent years.