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'''Anthony Kennedy''' is a Supreme Court justice who was nominated by [[Ronald Reagan]] after [[Lewis Powell]] retired. Kennedy shared a deep background and association with Reagan, who turned to him after two prior nominations to a vacancy on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] had not been confirmed.

'''Anthony Kennedy''' is a Supreme Court justice who was nominated by [[Ronald Reagan]] after [[Lewis Powell]] retired. Kennedy was a Californian like Reagan, who turned to him after two prior nominations to a vacancy on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] had not been confirmed.

He cast the deciding vote in support of a narrowed affirmance of [[abortion]] rights in 1992, in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]], but his only votes for abortion since then have been in denying certiorari on [[pro-life]] petitions. At oral argument in the ''Hobby Lobby'' case on March 25, Justice Kennedy was critical of the possibility of the government requiring corporations to fund [[abortion]].  Pro-aborts typically do not appeal their court losses to the Supreme Court, perhaps fearing that Justice Kennedy will cast the deciding vote against them and thereby establish a pro-life precedent nationwide.

He cast the deciding vote in support of a narrowed affirmance of [[abortion]] rights in 1992, in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]], but his only votes for abortion since then have been in denying certiorari on [[pro-life]] petitions. At oral argument in the ''Hobby Lobby'' case on March 25, Justice Kennedy was critical of the possibility of the government requiring corporations to fund [[abortion]].  Pro-aborts typically do not appeal their court losses to the Supreme Court, perhaps fearing that Justice Kennedy will cast the deciding vote against them and thereby establish a pro-life precedent nationwide.