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The article discusses the implications of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on King v. Burwell, that challenges the phrase, an exchange established by the state, in section 36(B) of Affordable Care Act (ACA). Topics discussed include decision in favor of plaintiffs will result in millions of Americans losing their health insurance, Supreme Court to decide if intent of Congress is clear based on the law text, and focus on Chief Justice John G. Roberts Junior and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

The article discusses the ruling on abortion rights cases in light of the appointment of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Two pending cases challenge the federal ban on a late-term procedure and rulings on these cases will be the first abortion ruling tendered by the new U.S. Supreme Court. Legal scholars say opinions on the upcoming cases are expected to shed light on how the court intends to reshape itself.

The article reports on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court favoring the mid-decade congressional redistricting of Texas nearly in its entirety. It is said that the protection of ethnic minority voting rights is one of the factors that the court considered as justification for entering the fundamentally political matter of drawing electoral lines. According to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, no explicit prohibition was stated by the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Congress with regard to a mid-decade redistricting to change districts.

Focuses on the pivotal role of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the court following the retirement of Chief Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 2005. Views of Christopher Yoo, a law professor at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on the legal jurisprudential commitments of Kennedy; Decision of the justice on a law concerning homosexual sodomy in Texas; Stance of Kennedy on abortion issues.