Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release Of Names In R-71 Oct 21, 2009
The court's action maintains a hold placed Monday by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who temporarily blocked a federal appeals court ruling that had ordered the release of the names. Justice John Paul Stevens was the only member of the court who indicated he would have turned down the stay request. (KIRO TV, WA)
Chris Brown 'Fan Appreciation' Tour Dates Confirmed Oct 21, 2009
" The tour begins at the House of Blues in Houston on November 14 and ends December 15 in New York.A portion of the proceeds from this tour will be donated to Founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver in 1989, Best Buddies is a non-profit organization devoted to providing friendships, jobs and leadership opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. While on tour, Chris plans to visit with Best Buddies participants, as well as encourage his fans to consider volunteering... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Justice blocks release of names in ballot measure Oct 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed a ballot measure on gay rights. Kennedy s ruling yesterday temporarily blocks a federal appeals court ruling last week that ordered the release of the names. (Boston Globe)
U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Hear Gay Rights Case Oct 20, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy ordered that the state file a written response on Monday. Referendum 71 asks voters to approve or reject the so-called "everything but marriage" law, which grants registered domestic partners the same legal rights as married heterosexuals. (Newsmax)
Lithwick: The Supreme Court Justices Reveal How They Really Feel About Lawyers Oct 16, 2009
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asks whether judges have the discretion to reduce a lodestar award for a rotten performance, saying, "You have the hourly rate, the number of hours, and the judge then says, even though they prevailed, the lawyer wasn't prepared, and I am not going to give the hourly rate?" Justice Anthony Kennedy giggles through that question and adds his own: "And what about a very, very popular cause, and [the lawyer] wins, and they are beating his door down? Can we reduce it for... (Slate)
The Supreme Court, as Seen on Television Oct 13, 2009
In one revealing segment, Justice Anthony Kennedy, in extolling the Court building, may also have inadvertently cast a vote in an ongoing discussion within the Court about whether the front steps should be closed permanently as an entrance. During the current renovation, plans were made to make the public enter at the ground level at the side of the steps, for security reasons. (Law.com)
Court again set to make policy Oct 12, 2009
Almost certainly, these cases -- unquestionably Sullivan's and probably Graham's -- will be decided on a five-to-four vote, with Justice Anthony Kennedy writing the majority opinion, in his insufferably pretentious style that is saved for just these kinds of cases, declaring the sentences unconstitutional violations of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments. The New York Times will provide editorial cheerleading for the decision with unrestrained glee. (NJ.com -- Times)
Supreme Court Examines Animal Cruelty Videos Oct 8, 2009
It was Alito who asked about the human sacrifice channel, while Justice Anthony Kennedy chimed in with a scenario involving the airing of live pit bull fights in movie theaters, with a $10 charge for tickets. The questions were intended to test the limits of First Amendment freedoms -- and the right of Congress to intervene -- in matters that most people would find offensive. (W-USA News, DC)
High court hears arguments about cross in park Oct 8, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the decisive vote in these cases, said nothing to tip his hand. Veterans groups are on both sides of the case, with some worrying that other religious symbols that serve as war memorials could be threatened by a ruling against the Mojave cross. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Justices examine free speech issue in animal abuse case Oct 7, 2009
Some justices, including Alito and Anthony Kennedy, suggested that a law might survive First Amendment scrutiny if it focused narrowly on the depraved activities Congress originally sought to target. The 1999 law arose from congressional worries about "crush" videos, which depict women pounding high heels into small animals to appeal to a sexual fetish. (USA Today -- News)
Hypotheticals Dominate Animal Cruelty Argument at High Court Oct 7, 2009
Katyal's argument drew an angry comment from Justice Anthony Kennedy, in effect stating that the Court has never found a law restricting speech to be constitutionally acceptable just because prosecutors have so far used restraint. Justices also seemed not to like the idea of leaving the determination of whether certain videos fit or do not fit the exceptions in the hands of prosecutors or jurors. (Law.com)
Stop sentencing young people to die in jail Oct 7, 2009
Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, It would be misguided to equate the failing of a minor with those of an adult, for a greater possibility exists that a minor s character deficiencies will be reformed. The same reasoning is valid with respect to life without parole. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Sotomayor questions earn notice Oct 6, 2009
In a 2005 opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court ruled out executions of individuals for crimes committed while they were minors. The new cases, to be heard Nov. 9, question whether the same reasoning about juvenile immaturity should apply to noncapital punishment. (Fresno Bee)
Court begins new term with a new justice Oct 6, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy -- the court's perennial swing vote -- continues to be in the media spotlight. But it is the court's youngest member, the one with the least judicial experience, who may prove most influential in the months ahead as he continues to push a forceful conservative agenda on hot-button social and economic issues. (CNN -- Law)
Supreme Court justices hear church’s plea for rights of the unborn Oct 5, 2009
Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy (front center), Stephen Breyer (second row right), Samuel Alito (behind Breyer), and Sonia Sotomayor (back center) left the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington following yesterday s Red Mass ... Five of the six Roman Catholics on the high court - Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Samuel Alito - heard the homily by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo; the sixth, Justice Clarence Thomas, did not... (Boston Globe)
Gun bans, political cash on high court docket Oct 5, 2009
She joins a court whose last term displayed a fragile, 5-4 conservative majority joined most of the time by Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote usually determines the outcome in close cases. Since the arrival of President George W. Bush's two appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts in 2005 and Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, the court has moved incrementally and overturned few major precedents. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
US Supreme Court to examine terrorism, gun rights Oct 5, 2009
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6 members of Supreme Court attend Mass Oct 5, 2009
Five of the six Roman Catholics on the high court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito heard the homily by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo; the sixth, Justice Clarence Thomas, did not attend. Justice Stephen Breyer, who is Jewish, was there as well. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Roberts, Alito poised to make mark on Supreme Court Oct 4, 2009
Whether that is because of Roberts preference for narrow and incremental change, or because Justice Anthony Kennedy remains the decider between the court s equally divided conservative and liberal blocs, is the great debate about the court. But Dellinger and others expect Roberts to play a pivotal role that often eluded Rehnquist, his mentor and predecessor. (Boston Globe)
Nations high court gets new term, justice Oct 4, 2009
"It's a new court. When I was trying jury cases, which is usually 12, if a juror had to be replaced because one was ill or something ... it's just a different dynamic. It was a different jury. And it's the same way here. This will be a very different court," Justice Anthony Kennedy said in an interview for C-SPAN's new documentary on the court. Sotomayor is the third new justice on the court since 2005, when Roberts was confirmed as the first of President George W. Bush's two nominees. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Sotomayor won't sell NY apartment in this economy Oct 3, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke of how the steps and those words were intended to inspire visitors and justices alike. "We like to think of the law and the Constitution and the great documents of freedom as something that you have to respect and so that you should frequently be inspired and have elevated thoughts. And so that's the idea of the steps," he told C-SPAN.. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Lobbying or prayer service? Oct 2, 2009
Six Catholics now sit on the high court: Roberts, Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor. officials, however, said they do not attempt to lobby or seek to persuade anyone who attends the service. (CNN -- International)
Supreme Court takes a fresh look at handgun laws Oct 1, 2009
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy, left, and John Paul Stevens talk to each other as they sit for a new group photograph with other Supreme Court judges, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) With the addition of the Supreme Court's newest member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, center, the high court sits for a new group photograph, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Supreme Court case will test extent of gun rights Oct 1, 2009
Justices of the Supreme Court: In the front row, from the left, are Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. In the back are Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. (USA Today)
JIM PINKERTON Sep 30, 2009
The names of those friends are Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito. June 24, 2009. (The Drudge Report)
Justice will speak at law school Sep 30, 2009
Anthony Kennedy will keynote symposium ... Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will be the keynote speaker at the GW Law Review Symposium, the school's dean announced last Monday. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized After Feeling Faint Sep 25, 2009
Other associates are Antonin Scalia, seated from left, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy. Standing are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from left, David Souter, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
profile of the Roberts Court Sep 23, 2009
In which case, no one should be surprised that Roberts has turned out to be an uncompromising conservative on a court split 4 to 4 on ideology, with a fifth conservative, Justice Anthony Kennedy, deciding case after case according to his own self-dramatizing muse. When Roberts was picked to be the nation's 17th Chief Justice, he talked a great deal about the need for the fractious court to find more coherence and common ground, to wage fewer ideological spats on the pages of unnecessary separate... (Harper's Magazine)
Jack McCallumVIEWPOINT Sep 22, 2009
Anthony Kennedy Shriver and sister Maria Shriver speak in front of nearly 1,500 bicyclists at the Audi Best Buddies Challenge ... The sun has yet to rise over the oak trees that line this windy road in Carmel Valley, a sleepy town in Northern California's wine country, when Anthony Kennedy Shriver steps on to a makeshift stage with his sister Maria Shriver while nearly 1,500 bicyclists watch from below. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Caring, sharing as only pals do Sep 17, 2009
A national nonprofit founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver that now has a presence at more than 1,400 college, high school and middle school campuses across the country and internationally, Best Buddies matches student volunteers with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. College students are often paired with community residents their age or even as old as their grandparents, while high-schoolers and middle-schoolers get matched with classmates in their own schools,... (Albany Times Union)
Sandra Day O'Connor: End judge elections in Wash. Sep 15, 2009
"There is no place where an ongoing chill (against speech) is more dangerous than in an election context," stated Justice Anthony Kennedy, who's often a swing vote on the nine-member court. Sonia Sotomayor jumps in to question lawyers. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
How Liberals Can Win by Losing at the Roberts Court Sep 15, 2009
Seeing Posner's language, and hoping that Justice Anthony Kennedy would join the more liberal justices on the Supreme Court in outrage over the partisanship surrounding these laws, I the court to take the case. What a mistake. (Slate)
Supreme Court on the verge of a dangerous change of course regarding elections Sep 14, 2009
Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia clearly expressed their willingness to lift the prohibition on corporate contributions. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel Alito Jr. seemed skeptical of the restrictions on corporate giving. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Ex-attorneys general support former Ala. governor Sep 12, 2009
"There is no place where an ongoing chill (against speech) is more dangerous than in an election context," stated Justice Anthony Kennedy, who's often a swing vote on the nine-member court ... Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the high court's swing vote, but a firm opponent of many campaign restrictions, at one point told the government's lawyer, "Corporations have lots of knowledge about environment, transportation issues, and you are silencing them during the election.". (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Unprecedented Sep 10, 2009
Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas are already on record wanting to overturn these cases. Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts have been inclined to wait. (Slate)
High court tackles 'Hillary: The Movie,' again Sep 10, 2009
Besides Roberts and Alito, the other three conservative-leaning justices, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, are on record opposing the restrictions on corporations and unions. Restrictions on corporations have been around for more than 100 years; limits on unions date from the 1940s. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Campaign-funding caps eyed Sep 10, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the high court's swing vote but a firm opponent of many campaign restrictions, at one point told the government's lawyer, "Corporations have lots of knowledge about environment, transportation issues, and you are silencing them during the election.". Sotomayor jumped into the fray with questions that strongly hinted she would keep campaign-spending limits in place. (AZCentral -- News)
Supreme Court justices question campaign finance law Sep 10, 2009
Three justices, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas, are on record opposing the two provisions. By the end of the 80-minute oral argument, it appeared that Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito are prepared to vote with their colleagues on the court's conservative wing. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
'Hillary' case: the legal stakes Sep 9, 2009
Three justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas have already announced their willingness to overturn them. The big question is whether Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito are willing to join the three to form a five-vote majority. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Hillary Movie Case to Redefine Campaign Finance? Sep 6, 2009
Three justices on the court now Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas already have signed minority opinions that advocated striking down both laws as unconstitutional restrictions on speech. Since the 2003 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito have joined the court. (Time.com)
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Lots of Buzz Over High Court Campaign Finance Case, but Does FEC Have a Shot? Sep 5, 2009
With justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy already on record opposing , the main precedent at issue, and both Roberts and Samuel Alito Jr. voicing skepticism about a range of campaign regulations, the case might already be lost before Kagan and Waxman utter a word. Alito replaced Sandra Day O'Connor, who mainly supported McCain-Feingold in the 2003 case. (Law.com)
Supreme Court Opens Up to C-SPAN Sep 5, 2009
While Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. called it "an exciting part of life at the Court," Justice Clarence Thomas noted, "You have to start all over; the chemistry is different," and Justice Anthony Kennedy added, "It's stressful for us, because we so admire our colleagues.". These comments and more will be aired starting Oct. 4 on , part of a weeklong series of programs on the Court that resulted from unusual access to the Court and to the justices for the public affairs cable channel. (Law.com)
Supreme Court Justices Consider Sotomayor a New Family Member Sep 4, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy said having a new member was "stressful.". "We so admire our colleagues," Kennedy said, "We wonder, oh, will it ever be the same?". (ABC News)
Justice Kennedy speaks about Constitution at Chautauqua Aug 28, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Morning Lecturer Thursday, August 27 10:45 \u0096 Amphitheater ... CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. -- Here are some things you must know, according to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Aug 28, 2009
Nor did the decision indicate how Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy. 1 week, 3 days ago. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Supreme Court's Davis Ruling Raises New Death Penalty Questions Aug 18, 2009
Do the three silent justices, who signed neither opinion Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito have a shared view of this unusual action. (Newly sworn-in Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not participate in the case. (Time.com)
Sotomayor - A Trojan horse? Aug 18, 2009
It sometimes becomes a higher calling; just observe the voting record of Anthony Kennedy. Chief Justice Earl Warren always comes to mind as a man who actually lived up to his calling to the high court. (Cameron Observer, MO)
Supreme Sonia: Fear What She Will Do Outside of the Court, Not Inside Aug 18, 2009
J. Wohlstetter: "Efforts of Justices to sway colleagues can backfire. Sandra Day OConnor and Anthony Kennedy became less conservative in part due to a desire to counter strong conservatives Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.You will notice, that is a ONE WAY ideological street. Two so-called conservatives turning LEFT.If there are ANY modern examples of the opposite occurring, ANY so-called liberals turning Right, then by all means, DO tell dont keep us all in... (Townhall.com)
Now sworn in, Sotomayor returns to rookie status Aug 10, 2009
Yet, any new ninth justice faces challenges in the place that Justice Anthony Kennedy has described as having its own "language and ethic and etiquette.". Take even getting around. (USA Today -- News)
Sotomayor sworn in as justice Aug 9, 2009
Her 60 or so guests included Justice Anthony Kennedy, White House counsel Greg Craig and other members of the Obama administration team that helped prepare her for her Senate confirmation hearings, family and friends. Roberts, wearing his black judicial robe, said that once the oaths were done, Sotomayor could "begin work as associate justice without delay.". (MSNBC -- Politics)
Sotomayor confirmed to Supreme Court Aug 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009. Search stories on N&O.com. (News & Observer)
In search of the high court's middle ground Aug 6, 2009
At key moments, O'Connor and fellow center-righter Anthony Kennedy bucked strict conservatism to forge compromises. Kennedy still does that, although he recently has sided more with Chief Justice John Roberts' reliable team of conservatives. (Albany Times Union)
Nat Hentoff's Unorthodox Libertarianism Aug 6, 2009
In his first column after the attacks, written from New York, he warned, Unless a band of true constitutionalists can beat back a fear-driven, popular war on free speech, free press, privacy, and due process, under the banner of national security, much of America will ignore the warning of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy: The Constitution needs renewal and understanding each generation, or it s not going to last. Hentoff was equally worried about minority rights, extending a concern he has... (The American Conservative)
Activists? On the high court? Aug 4, 2009
Three justices -- Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas -- have called for Austin to be overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, no fans of campaign finance regulations, seem tempted to go along. (Albany Times Union)
Legal delays engulf scores of Guantanamo cases Aug 1, 2009
Judges, lawyers, government officials, and outside analysts said there are myriad reasons for the sluggish progress, despite the declaration in Justice Anthony Kennedy s opinion that the costs of delay can no longer be borne by those who are held in custody. Although the opinion was sweeping, the high court gave little guidance in how to handle the lawsuits, forcing judges to create rules and procedures on the fly. (Boston Globe)
Ruling aimed at activist judges Jul 30, 2009
Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy opined that not every campaign donation to a judge would require recusal and that this is an exceptional case. However, Kennedy s weak assurances can t hide the fact that this capricious decision is yet another step away from maintaining a credible, accountable judiciary. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Why No Evangelical Justice? Jul 24, 2009
When Ginsburg was pulled because of a marijuana incident in college days, Reagan went with Anthony Kennedy, an Irish Catholic judge from his home state of California. Kennedy and O'Connor became swing votes and unreliable as constitutional conservatives. (Human Events Online)
Sotomayor: Put high court on TV Jul 20, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy, right, says cameras would invite competition for sound bites. By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY WASHINGTON During her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Judge was careful not to telegraph how she might vote as a Supreme Court justice except on one issue. (USA Today)
Civil rights leader Vivian: Churches not doing social action Jul 18, 2009
Q: Justice Anthony Kennedy said the ruling would hasten the waning of racism in American politics. So you think there will be a day when the act is not needed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
The Real Litmus Tests Sotomayor Should Face Jul 17, 2009
Justice Anthony Kennedy says in Lawrence that "The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives." The Constitution does not guarantee respect for anyone's private life, and anyone who believes that is either illiterate or willfully blind. Sotomayor fails each and every one of these tests. (Human Events Online)
Sotomayor’s cautious openness to foreign laws Jul 16, 2009
In the Supreme Court, Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Anthony Kennedy have taken the lead. This has not taken the form of deference to foreign law, but to openness to sound judicial thinking wherever it is found. (Boston Globe)
No Diversity With Sotomayor Jul 16, 2009
Anthony Kennedy, Harvard. Clarence Thomas, Yale. (Human Events Online)
Bork: Sotomayor Unqualified, Isn't 'Entirely Governed by Law' Jul 15, 2009
The Democratic Senate rejected his nomination after a contentious debate, and the seat on the bench eventually went to Anthony Kennedy. Newsmax. (Newsmax)
Campaign Finance Regulations in Danger Jul 9, 2009
McCain-Feingold skeptics - including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas - are expected to be able to cobble together a majority with swing vote Anthony Kennedy on the case and, reformers fear, two other cases that could reach the Supreme Court and possibly strike down other parts of McCain-Feingold. The debate has definitely shifted, said Brad Smith, a former FEC commissioner who now heads the Center for Competitive Politics, a nonprofit... (CBS News -- Politics)
