Steve Young's family up against Mormon church on Prop. 8

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Originally Posted by saden1

Alito, Thomas, Roberts aren't going anywhere any time soon and if Scalia (72) and Kennedy (72) have good genes they'll be around for a while. Thankfully Obama will get to replace all the non-conservative judges.

Justice Kennedy will occasionally lean towards the libertarian/socially liberal side, as he did with Lawrence v. Texas back in 2003 which struck down state laws prohibiting certain sex acts between consenting adults.

But he also sided with the majority in the dreadful Kelo v. New London, Connecticut ruling, which allowed localities to use eminent domain for virtually any purpose they see fit. So he's truly the wildcard in any Supreme Court case.