Seven Key Points on the Supreme Court Term

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1. Supreme Court mostly unanimous on issues people care less about or where they want to punt.

2. On highly ideological issues, Court still divided 5-4, with Kennedy usually as swing Justice.

3. Just because this term did not feature many blockbuster decisions doesn’t mean Court less divided.

4. Biggest civil case:McCutcheon campaign finance case-down slope to more $ in politics http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/04/the_subtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decision_the.html …

5. Biggest criminal case is cell phone case which updates 4th Amendment for 21st century.

6. Cases like #Harris queue up Court conservative majority to continue project of overruling lib. precedent

7. The 2016 presidential election likely will determine direction of Court for a long time.

 

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