Law: Play It Again, Says the Court

The Justices decide to reconsider a major civil rights ruling

During last year's battle over the nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, his opponents shuddered every time they looked ahead to the cases he might decide. But what really unnerved them was looking back at earlier court rulings that he might press to overturn. When Judge Anthony Kennedy was confirmed for the seat that Bork had sought, those fears subsided a bit. "Conservative but cautious" was the reading on Kennedy, not the man to go ripping up long lines of settled doctrine.

Or is he? There was a lot of worried head scratching last week after Kennedy joined...

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