Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedyis the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 11, 1987, and took the oath of office on February 18, 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth23 July 1936
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
cutting lines captains
Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.
sacrifice two profound
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were.
unjust accepting guidelines
The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust.
loyalty understanding generations
The Constitution needs allegiance and loyalty and renewal and understanding with each generation, or else it's not going to last.
judging constitution lawyer
The Constitution doesn't belong to a bunch of judges and lawyers. It belongs to you.
principles generations constitution
As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.
sex children gay
There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think?
gay law purpose
The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the state, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity.
freedom heart liberty
At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.
absolve amendment beside government obligation tolerate
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.
answer
You have this big windup, but what's the answer to the question?
aid foreign law leading proponent trends using
has become a leading proponent of one of the most cosmopolitan, and controversial, trends in constitutional law: using foreign and international law as an aid in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
business legal seems wrong
From a legal and business perspective, it seems wrong to me,
correct
Bowers was not correct when it was decided, and it is not correct today,