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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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 →
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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United States v. Comstock → concurrenceBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Bush v. Gore → concurringJustice → Anthony M. Kennedy →
United States v. Lopez → concurringOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → dissentBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
NFIB v. Sebelius → dissentingOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Shelby County v. Holder → hasJusticeInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy →
ABA Medal → hasRecipient → Anthony M. Kennedy →
opinion in Texas v. Johnson → joinedBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Printz v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Saenz v. Roe → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy →
United States v. Lopez → joinedByInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy →
this entity surface form: "Anthony Kennedy"
Gonzales v. Raich → joinedMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy →
this entity surface form: "Anthony Kennedy"
Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Arizona v. United States → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
this entity surface form: "Anthony Kennedy"
Obergefell v. Hodges → majorityOpinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
this entity surface form: "Anthony Kennedy"
Anthony M. Kennedy → name → Anthony M. Kennedy →
Bond v. United States → opinionBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
this entity surface form: "Justice Anthony M. Kennedy"
Lewis F. Powell Jr. → succeededBy → Anthony M. Kennedy →
this entity surface form: "Anthony Kennedy"
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