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Stevens has succeeded in wooing swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy to the left in some cases, such as those against Bush detention policies.
Sotomayor's impact on trial as high court returns to work 2009
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In recent years, he has worked with swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy to blunt the force of the dominant conservatives.
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But the swing-vote Republicans and Democrats simply never came to the table, citing myriad procedural objections.
Daniel Altschuler: What Will Immigration Advocates Learn from DREAM's Defeat? Daniel Altschuler 2011
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Kagan's line of questioning drew the immediate attention of swing-vote Justice Kennedy.
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Sotomayor, joined by the more liberal members of the bench and swing-vote conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, emphasized that the law has historically assumed that children characteristically lack the capacity to exercise mature judgment and possess only an incomplete ability to understand the world around them.
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Stevens, more than any other justice on the left, has taken the lead to craft coalitions that include swing-vote conservatives, allowing liberals to prevail in some key cases that limited the death penalty and expanded gay rights even as the court shifted increasingly to the right.
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Sotomayor, joined by the more liberal members of the bench and swing-vote conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, emphasized that the law has historically assumed that children characteristically lack the capacity to exercise mature judgment and possess only an incomplete ability to understand the world around them.
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A swing-vote today/this week, in health care, will be because of a cover-up today.
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Justice John Paul Stevens, more than any other justice on the left, has taken the lead to craft coalitions that include swing-vote conservatives, allowing liberals to prevail in some key cases that limited the death penalty and expanded gay rights even as the Supreme Court turned increasingly to the right.
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Kagan's line of questioning drew the immediate attention of swing-vote Justice Kennedy.
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