Anthony Kennedy News

… Windsor, the justices didn't squarely address the issue of a state ban on gay marriage. Windsor, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy , invalidated part of a federal law that denied benefits to same sex couples legally married in their states …

… could be the critical difference between this and previous suits. In Windsor v. the United States , Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito left the door open for BLAG to have standing in future cases - accommodating Turley's assessment that …

… Windsor, the justices didn't squarely address the issue of a state ban on gay marriage. Windsor, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy , invalidated part of a federal law that denied benefits to same sex couples legally married in their states …

… federal prison, rather than dealt with (like virtually all other criminals in Pennsylvania) by the state." The chief justice was joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy , Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

… rigid cut off and does not take into consideration a standard error measurement. Writing for a 5-4 majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, "Florida's law contravenes our Nation's commitment to dignity and its duty to teach human decency …

… that begins its public board meetings with a prayer, ABC's ARIANE DE VOGUE reports. In a 5-4 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the main opinion saying, "Ceremonial prayer is but a recognition that, since this Nation was founded …

… evidence to support that, what part of the smartphone is not likely to have pertinent evidence?" he said. Justice Anthony Kennedy questioned if some distinction might be made between "serious and non-serious offenses." Justice Ruth Bader …

… universities today, reversing a lower court decision that had struck down the ban on equal protection grounds. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the main opinion and said, "This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be …

… 74,600 to a non-candidate committee. Roberts was joined in his opinion by Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy . Justice Clarence Thomas signed on to the holding but would have gone further by overruling court precedent. Justice Stephen …

… original settlement in 1607, the Windsor analytic framework is simply unavailing in support of plaintiffs." Justice Anthony Kennedy , the author of the majority opinion in Windsor, said in his last sentence that the opinion "and its holding …

… law in a landmark 2012 decision, has generally set a high bar for limiting religious rights.In addition, Justice Anthony Kennedy , often the court's swing vote, authored a 1993 decision that exempted a religious group from following laws …

… second look," she wrote. Last term the Court also considered two major gay rights cases. Ginsburg joined Justice Anthony Kennedy 's majority striking down a section of federal law that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. The …

… The arguments before the Justices concerned the fact that the child is a member of the Cherokee Nation. Justice Anthony Kennedy had pity for lower court judges. "If we could appoint King Solomon, who was the first domestic relations judge …

… a great honor," Obama said Saturday. http://abcn.ws/14jA1p7 PROP 8 SUPPORTERS LOSE AGAIN. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy yesterday denied an emergency application filed by Proposition 8 sponsors asking the court to halt same-sex …