Anthony M. Kennedy

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human judge lawyer

Anthony M. Kennedy is a former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his pivotal swing votes in landmark cases on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, and campaign finance.

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Label	Occurrences
Anthony M. Kennedy canonical	121
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy	17
Anthony Kennedy	11
Justice Anthony Kennedy	3
Anthony McLeod Kennedy	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
almaMaterDegree	BA from Stanford University ⓘ LLB from Harvard Law School ⓘ
appointedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
appointedToNinthCircuitBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-07-23 ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard Law School ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ
endTime	2018-07-31 ⓘ
endTimeNinthCircuit	1988-02-18 ⓘ
familyName	Kennedy ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil liberties ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
givenName	Anthony ⓘ
ideologicalRole	swing vote on the Supreme Court ⓘ
knownFor	jurisprudence on abortion ⓘ jurisprudence on campaign finance ⓘ jurisprudence on same-sex marriage ⓘ pivotal swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
middleName	McLeod ⓘ
name	Anthony M. Kennedy self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableCaseOpinion	Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ Lawrence v. Texas (in part) ⓘ surface form: Lawrence v. Texas Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ United States v. Windsor ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	jurist ⓘ law professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California, United States
politicalAlignment	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
precededBy	Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
previousPosition	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
retirementAnnounced	2018-06-27 ⓘ
spouse	Mary Davis Kennedy ⓘ
startTime	1988-02-18 ⓘ
startTimeNinthCircuit	1975-05-30 ⓘ
succeededBy	Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ
taughtAt	McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Bush v. Gore → concurringJustice → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → joinedBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Arizona v. United States → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Obergefell v. Hodges → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → justiceInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Gonzales v. Raich → joinedMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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United States v. Comstock → concurrenceBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → concurringOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. → concurrenceBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

ABA Medal → hasRecipient → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → majorityJoiner → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Printz v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

NFIB v. Sebelius → joinedInCommerceClausePlurality → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

NFIB v. Sebelius → dissentingOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → pluralityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Bond v. United States → opinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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Shelby County v. Holder → hasJusticeInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Saenz v. Roe → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Lewis F. Powell Jr. → succeededBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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Anthony M. Kennedy → name → Anthony M. Kennedy self-link ⓘ

Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → joinedBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → dissentBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → joinedPluralityBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → concurrenceBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → concurrenceInJudgmentBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → joinedMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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Neil M. Gorsuch → clerkship → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

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Brett M. Kavanaugh → clerkship → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Brett M. Kavanaugh → precededBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Lee v. Weisman → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → majorityJustices → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Town of Greece v. Galloway → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Town of Greece v. Galloway → plurality → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → joinedByInPlurality → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Cutter v. Wilkinson → hasJusticeOnCourt → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → majorityJustices → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Dickerson v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

United States v. Morrison → joinedMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ

Alabama v. Shelton → hasConcurrenceBy → Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ