Anthony Kennedy News
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Justice Ginsburg: 'As Long As I Can Do the Job Full Steam, I Will'Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wanted to make one thing crystal-clear over the summer: She has no immediate plans to step down. She is taking her spot on the bench to begin the new term today. She spent the summer traveling, giving speeches and reiterating in...
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NRA Seeks to Block Gun Magazine Ban
The National Rifle Association is asking Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to block enforcement of a California city ordinance that bans gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets. The ban in …
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Court Weighs Securities Fraud Class-Action Cases
… arbitrary nature of stock trading. Four of the Supreme Court's conservative justices — Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito — said in a ruling last year that they were willing to reconsider the Basic decision. If they do, Chief …
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Court: Broad Protection for Whistleblowers
… public companies, just as it shelters the public companies' own employees." Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy dissented. Jackie Hosang Lawson and Jonathan M. Zang complained of retaliation for whistle-blower activities from the …
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Court Skeptical of IQ Scores in Deciding Execution
… and in any case are just one factor in determining mental disability. The decisive vote appears to belong to Justice Anthony Kennedy and he repeatedly questioned the state's argument for a rigid cutoff. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check …
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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 …
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Supreme Court Takes Up Controversial Abortion Protest Case
… viewpoints should receive," he said. The composition of the Court has changed since the Hill v. Colorado ruling. Justices Anthony Kennedy , Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, who were dissenters in 2000, could be in the majority for this case. Kennedy was …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, November 27, 2013
… 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 …
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Justices Hear Love Triangle Meets States' Rights Case
… you were going to prosecute Ms. Bond for using a chemical weapon, they would be flabbergasted," he said. Justice Anthony Kennedy told Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli that it seemed "unimaginable that you would bring this prosecution …
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Shutdown or No, Hot-Button Issues Await Supreme Court Next Week… case and a free speech case," says John P. Elwood, a lawyer at Vinson and Elkins who is a former clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy . "Kennedy will think of this as a free speech case and he tends to vote in favor of the First Amendment …
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'Baby Veronica' Custody Case Rages On
… 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 …
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Friendly Fire Friday… the court now who feel that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided." Add a fifth, believed by some observers to be Justice Anthony Kennedy , and the case could overturn 40 years of legal precedent on abortion. As more laws are passed and are challenged …
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A Supreme Court Abortion Fight Could Come in Time for 2016 Elections… the court now who feel that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided." Add a fifth, believed by some observers to be Justice Anthony Kennedy , and the case could overturn 40 years of legal precedent on abortion. As more laws are passed and are challenged …
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Feds Extend Benefits to Legislative Employees in Legal Same-Sex Marriages
… prohibited from extending the same benefits to same-sex unions as it had provided to those of the opposite sex. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the court's opinion repealing Section 3 of DOMA in the 5-4 decision. "DOMA violates basic due process …
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Congress Leaves Town With Unfinished Business (The Note)… 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 …
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Prop 8 Supporters' Emergency Request to Halt Marriages Denied(Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today denied an emergency application filed by Proposition 8 sponsors asking the court to halt same-sex weddings until the justices …
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The Note: Immigration Reform Marches On… on the Defense of Marriage Act was appropriate, and that the issue should be left to the states. He praised Justice Anthony Kennedy for avoiding "a cultural war." "As a country we can agree to disagree," Paul said yesterday, stopping …
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Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage Advocates in DOMA, Prop 8 Rulings… development status. Hey good morning John that's right everybody's talking about the opinion written by justice Anthony Kennedy . He did not mince words he said the defense of marriage acting means gay couples humiliate their children and …
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Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA: What's Next?… who want to oppose it are now supporting marriage equality. Today the court struck down a five to four led by justice Anthony Kennedy who declared in bringing terms. That the law is unconstitutional. Because it demeans the couple humiliate tens …
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Nightline 06/26: Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA: What's Next?… politicians who oppose it are now supporting marriage equality. Today the court struck down five to four led by justice Anthony Kennedy who declared in the bringing terms. That the law is unconstitutional. Because it demeans the couple humiliate …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday June 27, 2013
… conservative Justice Antonin Scalia to agree. Writing for the majority striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy was unsparing, declaring that the law's "purpose and effect [is] to disparage and to injure" those in …
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Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage Rights… victory. We won everything we asked and hoped for. Wow. Reporter: The court, in a five to four opinion by justice anthony kennedy , struck down the defense of marriage act, which defined marriage under federal law as the union of one man …
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Rand Paul: On Gay Marriage GOP Needs to 'Agree to Disagree'… on the Defense of Marriage Act was appropriate, and that the issue should be left to the states. He praised Justice Anthony Kennedy for avoiding "a cultural war." "As a country we can agree to disagree," Paul said today, stopping for …
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Digital Report: 2 Supreme Court Decisions Boost Gay Marriage… unconstitutional. The court by a five to four vote. Says the federal law denying benefits to legally marry gay couples is Justice Anthony Kennedy who appeared skeptical of the law during oral arguments. Provide the swing vote he also wrote the majority opinion …
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Gay Marriage Gets Boost in Supreme Court… unconstitutional. Five Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy writing for the court ..... law and this is from justice Anthony Kennedy he notes that this case ..... Alito Justice Scalia and justice Anthony Kennedy . we're just reading …
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Defense of Marriage Act… Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples, is unconstitutional. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion for the court striking down section 3 of DOMA in a 5-4 decision. "DOMA violates basic due …
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The Supremes Have Their Say (The Note)… resume. http://abcn.ws/12peOpe HOW THE COURT COULD RULE ON DOMA: At oral arguments, key swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed skeptical of the constitutionality of the law. But instead of pressing equal protection concerns, he …
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Supreme Court Gay Marriage Cases: Take a Look at the Tea Leaves
… as to what the consequences of raising a child in a single-sex family, whether that is harmful or not. 1. Justice Anthony Kennedy to Cooper: "I think that there's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five …
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Everything You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Gay Marriage Cases in Two Pages… straight couples to marry before having children." Some Possible outcomes: At oral arguments, key swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed skeptical of the constitutionality of the law. But instead of pressing equal protection concerns, he …
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Abigail Fisher 'Confident That UT Won't Be Able to Use Race Again'… options must be unworkable for race-based affirmative-action policies to stand. In the majority decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the University of Texas must prove "the means chosen by a University to attain diversity are narrowly …
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Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling Hinges on Kennedy
… least four of the conservatives were poised to strike down UT's program. But how broadly? All eyes will be on Justice Anthony Kennedy , seen as a key vote on the issue. He has said in the past that there is "no constitutional objection" to …
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Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling Hinges on Kennedy
… least four of the conservatives were poised to strike down UT's program. But how broadly? All eyes will be on Justice Anthony Kennedy , seen as a key vote on the issue. He has said in the past that there is "no constitutional objection" to …
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Supreme Court Upholds 'Minor Intrusion' of Arrestee DNA Swabs… officials to take DNA without a warrant from those who have been arrested, but not convicted of a serious crime. Justice Anthony Kennedy , for a 5-4 majority, wrote, "the Court concludes that DNA identification of arrestees is a reasonable search …
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This Week in History… gay and lesbian residents. determine the amendment's constitutionality. The ruling was written by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy , and was praised by gay activists as the first constitutional a civil rights victory in favor of homosexuals …