Justice also described the retirement of swing vote Anthony Kennedy as ‘the event of greatest consequence’Ruth Bader Ginsburg intimated on Friday that the US supreme court will soon issue more 5-4 decisions in watershed cases. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the soft-spoken justice turned pop culture icon Read moreOnly 11 of the 43 announced argued cases were determined by 5-4 or 5-3 votes. The census case stems from the commerce secretary Wilbur Ross’ plan to ask respondents to the 2020 survey if they are US citizens. Ginsburg said Kennedy’s retirement “was, I would say, the event of greatest consequence for the current term, and perhaps for many terms ahead”. But she also complemented Kavanaugh’s hiring practices, saying the controversial justice “made history by bringing onboard an all-female law clerk crew”.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2019 15:56 UTC