Anthony Kennedy News
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Gay Marriage: High Court Sets Stage for Historic RulingSupreme Court to decide if same-sex couples have the right to marry everywhere in America
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Scalia Could Be Surprise Vote in Supreme Court Housing Case
… years. Their only hope is that Scalia or, perhaps Justice Anthony Kennedy , who is sometimes a swing vote, will side with ..... more straightforward. In his only comment, Justice Anthony Kennedy said it seemed "very odd to me" that disparate …
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Fired Whistleblower
… government's concerns, neither has done so. It is not our role to do so for them," he wrote. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Anthony Kennedy dissented. MacLean also had argued that the information about cutting overnight trips wasn't really sensitive because …
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Justices Debate Judicial Candidates' Campaign Appeals
… a thousand dollars,'" Kagan said, indicating it might be wise for a sensible attorney to write a check. Justice Anthony Kennedy could hold the deciding vote, and he said little during the hour-long session. He has been a critical voice …
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Justices Weigh Would-Be Judges' Appeals for Campaign Cash
… judiciary and then assert that its democracy, in order to work as desired, compels the abridgment of speech," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the 2002 case. Williams-Yulee received just 20 percent of the vote in 2010. Her appeal for money …
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Supreme Court Sets Stage for Historic Gay Rights Ruling
… anti-sodomy law in a devastating defeat for gay rights advocates. But the three subsequent rulings, all written by Justice Anthony Kennedy , were major victories for gay men and lesbians. In its most recent case in 2013, the court struck down part …
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Supreme Court Wrestles With Partisan Politics
… It's impossible to take partisanship out of the political process." Minorities Pushed Out? However, Justice Anthony Kennedy , who holds a key swing vote on the issue, seemed concerned by complaints from Latino groups who said they'd …
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What the Supreme Court Did (and Did Not) Reveal About 3 Hot Button Issues
… Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas publicly dissented, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy were publicly silent. The court's action was not a ruling on the merits, it simply granted an emergency application …
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Louisiana's Gay Marriage Ban Upheld by Federal Judge
… Court case that struck down a federal law that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Feldman quoted Justice Anthony Kennedy 's opinion and noted that it relied heavily on federalism principles. But Feldman also acknowledged that other …
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5 Things to Know This Morning… Wood was reported “gasping and snorting for more than an hour,” according to court documents they filed. Justice Anthony Kennedy denied the appeal about a half hour after Wood's death, the Associated Press reported. An AP reporter who …
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Inmate Dies 2 Hours After Execution Began in Arizona
… Wood was reported “gasping and snorting for more than an hour,” according to court documents they filed. Justice Anthony Kennedy denied the appeal about a half hour after Wood's death, the Associated Press reported. An AP reporter who …
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Senate Democrats Take on Supreme Court's 'White Men' Over Contraception Ruling
… as it was four white men - Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Antonin Scalia, and Justice Anthony Kennedy - and one African American, Justice Clarence Thomas, who sided with Hobby Lobby in the case. What's God …
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This Week” Transcript: President Obama… Michigan constitutional amendment passed by voters banning affirmative action in state university admissions. While Justice Anthony Kennedy said voters could decide whether race matters in public higher education, Justice Sonia Sotomayor passionately …
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Obama And George Go One-On-One
… 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 …
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Why Supreme Court Ruling Sends Abortion Rights Groups Back to the Drawing Board
… said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Justice Antonin Scalia (joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas) and Justice Samuel Alito wrote separate concurring opinions, saying they would have gone much further …
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How to Sue the President in 4 Not-So-Easy Steps
… 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 …
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Why Supreme Court Ruling Sends Anto-Abortion Groups Back to the Drawing Board
… said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Justice Antonin Scalia (joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas) and Justice Samuel Alito wrote separate concurring opinions, saying they would have gone much further …
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One Year After Top Court's Ruling Gay Marriage Is Legal in 19 States
… 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 …
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Supreme Court's Aereo Decision Victory for Broadcasters
… programs are broadcast over the air. We conclude that it does," Breyer wrote. He was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy , Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Breyer went out of his way to say the case applies to Aereo and …
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Bizarre Love Triangle Poisin Case Overturned By Supreme Court
… 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.
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Clinton Fatigue? Not So Much
… 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 …
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Rigid IQ Cutoff to Execute Mentally Disabled
… 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 …
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The Supreme Court and Lethal Injection: When Is it Cruel and Unusual?
… injection protocol which consisted of a three drug cocktail. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for himself and Justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito said, "Simply because an execution method may result in pain, either by accident or as an inescapable …
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White House Turns Up The Heat On Climate Change
… 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 …
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Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Town Meetings
… favor today of a town in New York that begins its public board meetings with a prayer. 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 …
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Supreme Court Justices Struggle With Issue of Cell Phone Searches
… 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 …
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'This Week': Affirmative Action… said that Michigan voters can keep their 2006 decision on barring race as a factor. Speaking for the court, justice Anthony Kennedy insisting, quote, this case isn't about how the debate how it should be resolved. But who can resolve it …
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Meet the Women Behind the Supreme Court’s Controversial Affirmative Action Decision… interview with ABC News. “The Supreme Court is putting their heads in the sand,” said Washington, who called Justice Anthony Kennedy (author of the majority opinion) a “frighteningly bizarre justice.” So Who’s Right? Both women consider …
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Obama's Asia Challenge
… court decision that had struck down the ban on equal protection grounds, according to ABC's ARIANE DE VOGUE. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the main opinion and said, "This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be …
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Court Upholds Michigan's Ban on Race Conscious College Admissions
… 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 …
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Excerpt: Justice John Paul Stevens' 'Six Amendments'… degree of interfer ence with state prerogatives is relevant. Rather, the doctrinal boundaries constitute what Justice Anthony Kennedy calls 'the etiquette of federalism,' and federal trespass across those boundaries is per se invalid." After …
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Campaign Contributions… 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 …
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Contraception Latest Supreme Court Rift on Obamacare… wrestle with this for months and the outcome will likely be uncertain until the ruling is announced this summer. Justice Anthony Kennedy , whose skepticism of the health care law is well established after siding with conservative justices in trying …
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Advocates Hail 'Lightning Speed' Momentum With Same Sex Marriage
… 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 …