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'''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.
'''Anthony McLeod Kennedy''' ( b. July 23, 1936) 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.
Justice Kennedy authored all three of the Supreme Court decisions which have advanced the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref>The three decisions are ''Romer'', ''Lawrence'', and ''Windsor''.</ref> He was also the decisive vote and wrote the 5-4 opinion in favor of direct corporate spending on ads in campaigns, in ''Citizens United v. FEC'', 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010).
Justice Kennedy authored all three of the Supreme Court decisions which have advanced the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref>The three decisions are ''Romer'', ''Lawrence'', and ''Windsor''.</ref> He was also the decisive vote and wrote the 5-4 opinion in favor of direct corporate spending on ads in campaigns, in ''Citizens United v. FEC'', 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010).
== Early Life and Career==
Kennedy was born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has three children. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and the [[London School of Economics]], and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1961–1963, as well as in Sacramento, California from 1963–1975. From 1965 to 1988, he was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. He has served in numerous positions during his career, including a member of the California Army National Guard in 1961, the board of the Federal Judicial Center from 1987–1988, and two committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States: the Advisory Panel on Financial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities, subsequently renamed the Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, from 1979–1987, and the Committee on Pacific Territories from 1979–1990, which he chaired from 1982–1990.<ref>[http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court]</ref>
== Judicial Philosophy ==
== Judicial Philosophy ==