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    Who's Really in Charge at the US Supreme Court?

    Today's decisions on lethal injections , EPA regulations and Congressional gerrymandering don't match the drama of Obamacare or same-sex marriage . But they do illustrate a familiar pattern. Only one Justice was in the majority all three times: Anthony Kennedy.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 29, 2015 • 33m Listen

    Today's decisions on lethal injections, EPA regulations and Congressional gerrymandering don't match the drama of Obamacare or same-sex marriage. But they do illustrate a familiar pattern. Only one Justice was in the majority all three times: Anthony Kennedy. This has also been a year of increasingly open conflict between Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts. Looking forward to next year, is a conservative court becoming more liberal or is ideology giving way to practicality?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Justice Kennedy Leads the Supreme Court towards a Historic Term
    1. 1:21Greece Debt Crisis Deepens
    2. 8:13Who's Really in Charge at the US Supreme Court?You’re reading this
    3. 41:32Does the SpaceX Crash Imperil the International Space Station?
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