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Friday, June 13, 2003

Here's how the current justices generally line up on the issues of abortion and privacy rights, racial preferences, states' rights, and church-state separation. 'Lib.' stands for liberal, 'Con.' for conservative, and 'Swing' for swing vote.

	Abortion, Privacy Rights	Racial Preferences	States' Rights	Church-State Separation
John Paul Stevens	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.
David H. Souter	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.
Steven G. Breyer	Lib.	Lib.	Lib.	Swing
Sandra Day O'Connor	Lib.	Swing	Con.	Swing
Anthony M. Kennedy	Swing	Con.	Con.	Swing
William H. Rehnquist	Con.	Con.	Con.	Con.
Antonin Scalia	Con.	Con.	Con.	Con.
Clarence Thomas	Con.	Con.	Con.	Con.

SOURCE: National Journal

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