At the ideological center of the Supreme Court sits Anthony M. Kennedy whose pivotal role on the Rehnquist Court is only expected to grow in importance now that he is the lone swing Justice on the Roberts Court. The Ties Goes to Freedom is the first booklength analysis of Kennedy and it challenges the conventional wisdom that his jurisprudence is inconsistent and incoherent.Using the hotbutton issues of privacy rights race and free speech this book demonstrates how Kennedy forcefully articulates a libertarian constitutional vision. The Tie Goes to Freedom fills two significant voidsone examining the jurisprudence of the man at the ideological center of the Supreme Court the other demonstrating the compatibility of an expansive judicial role with libertarian political theory.