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| − | '''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 [[California]]n 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 [[California]]n like Reagan, who turned to him after two prior nominations to a vacancy on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] had not been confirmed. |
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| | On June 27, 2016, Kennedy cast the decisive vote in favor of [[abortion]] clinics, thereby giving [[pro-abort]]s everything they wanted to overturn [[pro-life]] provisions, in the case of ''[[Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt]]''. | | On June 27, 2016, Kennedy cast the decisive vote in favor of [[abortion]] clinics, thereby giving [[pro-abort]]s everything they wanted to overturn [[pro-life]] provisions, in the case of ''[[Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt]]''. |
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| − | Before siding completely with abortion, Kennedy had previously cast the deciding vote in support of a narrowed affirmance of [[abortion]] rights in 1992, in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]. Between then and 2015, Kennedy's only votes for abortion were 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]]. Uncertain until 2016 about whether Kennedy would rule for them, pro-aborts typically did 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. | + | Before siding completely with abortion, Kennedy had previously cast the deciding vote in support of a narrowed affirmance of [[abortion]] rights in 1992, in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]. Between then and 2015, Kennedy's only votes for abortion were 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]]. Uncertain until 2016 about whether Kennedy would rule for them, pro-aborts typically did 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. With Kennedy on their side now, abortion clinics are expected to seek to overturn numerous pro-life laws, beginning with a lawsuit in Louisiana merely a few days after the Supreme Court ruled. |
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| | 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). |