Breakdown of SC decisions on religious monuments (corrected)

[cynatnite]

MCCREARY COUNTY v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KY.

SOUTER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, O’CONNOR, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. O’CONNOR, J., filed a concurring opinion. SCALIA, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which REHNQUIST, C. J., and THOMAS, J., joined, and in which KENNEDY, J., joined as to Parts II and III.


VAN ORDEN v. PERRY, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AND CHAIRMAN, STATE PRESERVATION BOARD, ET AL.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST announced the judgment ofthe Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE SCALIA, JUSTICE KENNEDY, and JUSTICE THOMAS join.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04slipopinion.html

[Walt Starr]

1. As has happened in so many previous opinions

O'Connor makes the difference in both cases.

[rsdsharp]

3. Actually, Souter was the swing vote.

For the life of me, the only reason I can see that he flip-flopped was that the Texas monument had been there for 40 years before the suit was filed.

[cynatnite]

2. I screwed up in my OP and have fixed the error n/t