21. Justice Thomas wrote a separate opinion in which Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Scalia joined. 22. Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer joined Kennedy, while Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a separate concurring opinion. 23. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote a separate concurring opinion. 24. Justice John Paul Stevens filed a separate concurring opinion, which Justice Stephen G. Breyer signed. 25. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the separate opinion, which Justices David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen G. Breyer also signed. 26. Justice Virginia Long, who has called for a moratorium on the death penalty, wrote in a separate opinion Thursday that the law should be examined again. 27. Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas concurred in a separate opinion. 28. Justice Antonin Scalia voted with the majority, but he and Thomas wrote separate opinions arguing that racial preferences are reprehensible. 29. Justice Stephen G. Breyer concurred in a separate opinion, which Justice David H. Souter joined. 30. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy filed a separate concurring opinion. |