Nonilex<p>…[A] close friend, echoing how Casey "wasn't a surprise," especially given "David's respect for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a>," stressed that people did not appreciate how "David's a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> conservative, NOT a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> conservative.”…</p><p>Neither the 1992-93 or 1993-94 terms would prove as significant as 1991-92. The most striking statistic of 1991-92, as Casey exemplified, was the degree to which Anthony Kennedy had shifted away from Rehnquist & toward <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Souter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Souter</span></a> & O'Connor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSouter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>