> “I am left to wonder though why the US Supreme Court, even with a conservative majority has rejected all eight Obama eligibility appeals that have reached them thus far”
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Imaginary “conservative” majority.
Kennedy is a frightened liberal that only votes with conservatives on “rights” issues.
Imaginary “conservative” majority.
Kennedy is a frightened liberal that only votes with conservatives on “rights” issues.
It only takes four justices (the rule of four) to hear an appeal before the full court. That means Alito, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas are not in agreement on questions of Obama’s eligibility.
Here’s the stats on Anthony Kennedy: “On the Roberts Court, Kennedy often decides the outcome of a case. In the 2008-2009 term, he was in the majority 92 percent of the time. In the 23 decisions in which the justices split 5-to-4, Kennedy was in the majority in all but five. Of those 23 decisions, 16 were strictly along ideological lines, and Kennedy joined the conservative wing of the court 11 times; the liberals, 5.”