Silver tries to weigh the intangibles:
I'm not qualified to analyze the merits of Perry v. Schwarzennegerpoint of view from a legal positivist point of view, I will deign totake a crack at it from a legal realist frame. It seems to me that mostof the "intangibles" bear upon Justice Kennedy in ways that favor hisfinding Constitutional protection for same-sex marriage. For one thing,he'll be 75 or 76 by the time the SCOTUS hears this case, and willprobably be thinking about his legacy. Given...
Published on August 05, 2010 08:39