The Tie Goes to Freedom
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2009
Summary
At the ideological center of the Supreme Court sits Anthony M. Kennedy, whose pivotal role on the Rehnquist Court is only expected to grow in importance now that he is the lone 'swing Justice' on the Roberts Court. The Ties Goes to Freedom is the first book-length analysis of Kennedy, and it challenges the conventional wisdom that his jurisprudence is inconsistent and incoherent. Using the hot-button issues of privacy rights, race, and free speech, this book demonstrates how Kennedy forcefully articulates a libertarian constitutional vision. The Tie Goes to Freedom fills two significant voids—one examining the jurisprudence of the man at the ideological center of the Supreme Court, the other demonstrating the compatibility of an expansive judicial role with libertarian political theory.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2009
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7425-6257-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7425-6608-8
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 286
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- List of Figures No access
- List of Tables No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction: Shall We Call it the Kennedy Court? No access Pages 1 - 18
- Chapter 1. Justice Kennedy, On Liberty No access Pages 19 - 52
- Chapter 2. “Speech is the Beginning of Thought” No access Pages 53 - 88
- Chapter 3. If Rational Basis Means Anything . . . No access Pages 89 - 126
- Chapter 4. When Only Strict Scrutiny Will Do No access Pages 127 - 160
- Chapter 5. Liberty, Exercised Responsibly No access Pages 161 - 194
- Conclusion: “It All Depends on Justice Kennedy” No access Pages 195 - 204
- Notes No access Pages 205 - 256
- Bibliography No access Pages 257 - 274
- Index No access Pages 275 - 284
- About the Author No access Pages 285 - 286





