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    Jan. 24, 2012: President Obama greets Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, prior to his... Full Article at FOX News

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Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) has been an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1988. Appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan, he acts as the Court's swing vote on social issues in some cases and has consequently held special prominence in some politically-charged 5–4 decisions. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption ... The appearance of influence or access, furthermore, will not cause the electorate to lose faith in our democracy.
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: AlterNet.org 2 weeks ago
  2. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, joined by the court’s conservative wing, wrote that courts are in no position to second-guess the judgments of correctional officials who must consider not only the possibility of smuggled weapons and drugs, but also public health and information about gang affiliations
    SOURCE: The Columbian 1 month ago
  3. So you’re saying the government has a legitimate interest in not enforcing its laws?
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: World Magazine 3 weeks ago
  4. Historically, Justice Anthony Kennedy has been the swing vote, but some believe that Chief Justice John Roberts will uphold the individual mandate that people must buy health insurance ... I don't think that will happen. I believe the mandate will fall based on the arguments I heard.
    SOURCE: Aiken Standard 1 month ago
  5. It does seem that we may be wasting our time ... I'm not suggesting that the ... case is moot, but you did wait for some three years before you brought this suit. The building was built.
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: MLive.com 3 weeks ago
  6. Why would you bet your religious liberty on Anthony Kennedy and the other justices of the Supreme Court?
    SOURCE: Town Hall 2 months ago
  7. The hardest thing, as we know in the judicial system, is sentencing
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: San Antonio Express 4 weeks ago
  8. One would have to imagine there’s a lot of interest among the conservative justices to end race-based Affirmative Action in higher education ... Not only has the Roberts Court issued several rulings that suggest the court is uncomfortable with race-based programs, but the usual swing vote, Anthony Kenne...
    SOURCE: Talking Points Memo 2 months ago
  9. It seems to me that’s not nearly as fair or straightforward or as candid as an agency ought to be
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: NJ.com 4 weeks ago
  10. I understand that we must presume laws are constitutional
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Hinesville Coastal Courier 1 month ago
  11. Exempting people arrested for minor offenses from a standard search protocol thus may put them at greater risk and result in more contraband being brought into the detention facility ... This is a substantial reason not to mandate the exception [Florence] seeks as a matter of constitutional law.
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: WAFF 1 month ago
  12. Just as a prisoner may starve if not fed, he or she may suffer or die if not provided adequate medical care
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Yahoo News: Business 1 month ago
  13. I think you have a duty to keep an open mind
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 1 month ago
  14. At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 1 month ago
  15. The right to adequate assistance of counsel cannot be defined or enforced without taking account of the central role plea bargaining plays in securing convictions and determining sentences
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
  16. Ours for the most part is a system of pleas, not a system of trials
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 month ago
  17. Criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials ... The right to adequate assistance of counsel cannot be defined or enforced without taking account of the central role plea bargaining takes in securing convictions and determining sentences.
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman 1 month ago
  18. In today's criminal justice system
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: International Business Times 1 month ago
  19. who goes to jail and for how long. It is not some adjunct to the criminal justice system. It is the criminal justice system
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: NPR 1 month ago
  20. There appears to be a reasonable probability Frye would have accepted the prosecutor's original offer of a plea bargain if the offer had been communicated to him
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago
  21. The right to counsel is the right to effective assistance of counsel
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: FindLaw: AP News 1 month ago
  22. This court now holds that, as a general rule, defense counsel has the duty to communicate formal offers from the prosecution to accept a plea on terms and conditions that may be favorable to the accused
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 month ago
  23. if a plea bargain has been offered, a defendant has the right to effective assistance of counsel in considering whether to accept it ... If that right is denied, prejudice can be shown if loss of the plea opportunity led to a trial resulting in a conviction on more serious charges or the imposition of a...
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: Beaumont Enterprise 1 month ago
  24. Documented discrimination against women in the general workplace is a persistent, unfortunate reality, and, we must assume, a still prevalent wrong
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
  25. Subjecting states to suits for damages pursuant to [Section 5 of the 14th Amendment] requires more than a theory for why abrogating the States’ immunity aids in, or advances, a stated congressional purpose
    – Anthony Kennedy SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
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