The biggest swing vote in all the players laid out by Kara is Ma, though.
The swing vote on the dollar, and probably the controlling vote, is Fed policy.
Kennedy proved the key swing vote in striking down the Louisville and Seattle plans.
For Mr Lieberman, a swing vote if ever there was one, probably holds the balance of power.
The swing vote regarding the Article III issues in both cases is probably Chief Justice John Roberts.
In a lot of big cities these days, whites, particularly liberal whites, are becoming the swing vote.
Justice Kennedy, viewed as the swing vote on marriage equality, was the author of the majority decision in Romer.
Kennedy, considered a potential swing vote, began his outspoken criticism from the get-go.
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Most observers assume the Supreme Court decision will split five to four, and Justice Anthony Kennedy will cast the swing vote.
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And in many of those instances, Justice Kennedy was the swing vote.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who usually sides with the conservatives, is considered the swing vote on this issue, as on many others.
Four liberals and four conservatives currently sit on the Court, with Justice Kennedy often being the swing vote on matters such as this.
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None more so than the average supporter of Mimi Jakobsen's Centre Democrats, who will probably hold the swing vote in a new parliament.
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The swing vote belonged to Justice Thomas who, as is his custom, said nothing at argument and thus gave no clue to his leanings.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will (as usual) have the swing vote.
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"Asian Americans can only think of themselves as a swing vote in a very close election, " says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Second, more of those splits were along ideological lines with the same four liberals or four conservatives on one side or the other and Kennedy as the swing vote.
"Sensible solutions" may best describe how O'Connor approaches thorny legal questions, and how she has carved out her important role as the pragmatic "swing vote" on the Supreme Court.
But in the Medtronic case, Justice Anthony Kennedy, a swing vote, seemed to lean toward letting government regulators, instead of civil juries, balance the risks and rewards of medical devices.
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At the same time, non-Jewish citizens would make up a powerful swing vote if other Israelis were divided and would ultimately constitute an outright majority in the new Greater Israel.
The Chief Justice may have been required to use less categorical language in order to garner the vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy, widely regarded as the swing vote on ATS issues.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, considered a key swing vote on this issue, said law schools make many choices in picking students, and she wondered aloud why they could not also consider race.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen as the swing vote between liberal and conservative justices, said he was "troubled" by how the law appeared to intrude on states' authority to define marriage as they saw fit.
He is said to want to nominate a woman: since the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, a notable swing vote on the court, only Ruth Bader Ginsburg remains, and she has been battling cancer.
Another bad sign: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a Reagan appointee who often provides the swing vote in 5-4 cases, also scrutinized Tribe closely--and rescued a stammering Olson at one point with a softball query.
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