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Justice Anthony Kennedy: The Key Vote on the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is about to decide if President Obama's healthcare reform is constitutional. Will liberals and conservatives split and let Justice Kennedy make the call?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe US Supreme Court is about to decide if President Obama's healthcare reform is or is not constitutional. Will liberals and conservatives split 4-to-4 and let Justice Anthony Kennedy make the call? Will public opinion, the court's role in politics and their own legacies influence how the justices make up their minds? Also, Russia supplies weapons to Syria as it edges closer to civil war, and Mitt Romney's flip-flop on global warming.
Banner image: President Barack Obama greets Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy (C) alongside Ruth Bader Ginsburg (R) before the State of the Union address on January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images
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