tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739125502680107097.post6652362046080378732..comments2023-12-20T03:53:19.857-05:00Comments on Jost on Justice: Kennedy at the Rubicon on Marriage <b>Kenneth Jost</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08130278447396616546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739125502680107097.post-40259939214287138332017-05-04T16:56:53.612-04:002017-05-04T16:56:53.612-04:00For future reference, Kennedy's opinion for th...For future reference, Kennedy's opinion for the 9th Circuit in 1980 was Beller v. Middendorf, 632 F.2d 788 (9th Cir. 1980). <b>Kenneth Jost</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08130278447396616546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739125502680107097.post-13010520920614843612015-05-08T08:41:58.209-04:002015-05-08T08:41:58.209-04:00Kennedy will vote (or has already) to uphold the b...Kennedy will vote (or has already) to uphold the bans. He has nothing on which to hang any other decision. In particular, he does not have:<br /><br />1. stare decisis, as he did in Casey<br />2. an unusual deviation from tradition, as in Romer and Windsor<br />3. a federal law, as in Windsor, NFIB(Obamacare), and Shelby County (Voting Rights Act)<br />4. a majority of states approving the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com