On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a final ruling to keep cameras out of the courtroom for live video or Youtube replay in the Prop 8 trial.
Thanks to Mark Giesh for compiling this information. Here’s how the voting broke down:
| Justice | Age | Appointed by | Political leaning |
| Consent (against cameras) | |||
| Roberts | 54 | Bush 2 | conservative |
| Scalia | 73 | Reagan | conservative |
| Kennedy | 73 | Reagan | swing, moderate |
| Thomas | 61 | Bush 1 | conservative |
| Alito | 59 | Bush 2 | conservative |
| Dissent (for cameras) | |||
| Breyer | 71 | Clinton | liberal |
| Stevens | 89 | Ford | conservative turned liberal |
| Ginsburg | 76 | Clinton | liberal |
| Sotomayor | 55 | Obama | liberal |
Mark points out that it was 5-4 along party lines, with Kennedy the swing voter siding with the conservatives. But Kennedy routinely has been against cameras in courtrooms, so in a Supreme Court hearing on the Prop 8 case, he might rule on the side of equality.







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