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Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, having been appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Since the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, Kennedy has often been the "swing vote" on many of the Court's 5–4 decisions.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Big Trouble for Obama if Court Creates Zombie Health Law“And here, the government is saying that the federal government has a duty to tell an individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases.
That changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual in a very fundamental way.”-- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy questioning Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.The justices of the Supreme Court will today hear arguments on the question of whether they could strike down the central provision of President Obama’s health law – a requirement that all Americans either purchase private insurance or be enrolled in a government program – and allow the rest of the law to stand.After a day of arguments in which the mandatory insurance requirement was under fire from the bench, today’s hearing is even more crucial. With the Obama insurance mandate now looking very vulnerable, the question of whether it can be severed from the rest of t...Forget reality TV. The northern Virginia socialite couple now being investigated by the Secret Service for crashing President Obama's first state dinner on Tuesday n...
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed a ballot measure...
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it.Sotomayor sai...
A veterans group can restore a memorial cross in the Mojave Desert under a court settlement that ends a decade-old legal battle, the National Park Service said Tuesd...
A veterans group can restore a memorial cross in the Mojave Desert under a court settlement that ends a decade-old legal battle, the National Park Service said Tuesd...
Former Supreme Court clerk gives insight on the justices and what's next in the decision-making process in the health care reform law challenge
In three weeks, the Supreme Court will entertain arguments over President Obama's health care law. At the heart of the entire law is the individual mandate, which re...
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Amid a Week of Setbacks, Obama Tries Again to Squelch Energy Uproar“26 percent”-- President Obama’s job-approval rating on his handling of gasoline prices, according...
Chris Stirewalt, David Mercer and Scott Jennings discuss the latest news from the supreme court.
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee urges the Supreme Court to uphold health care reform law while Catholic groups sue over it. Who will win?
A federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban.The ...
The Supreme Court may be sending a message to one of the country's most liberal appeals courts, unanimously overturning five consecutive cases out of the 9th Circuit...
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Thursday that most terrorism cases should be tried in civilian courts.Kennedy addressed participants in the 9th Circuit Ju...
The northern Virginia socialite couple now being investigated by the Secret Service for crashing a dinner hosted by President Obama on Tuesday were reportedly "clear...