AdvertisementCourt's Recent Rulings Shake Up Partisan NarrativeJune 29, 2012Ari ShapirofacebookEmailThe U.S. Supreme Court justices — (first row, from left) Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, (back row) Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan — pose at the Supreme Court in 2010. (Getty Images)