Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedyis the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 11, 1987, and took the oath of office on February 18, 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth23 July 1936
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Anthony Kennedy quotes about
court decided enhance exercising federal importance involved issue prestige responsibility state tradition
It involved a constitutional issue of the gravest importance decided 4-3 by a state court on a federal issue that it was our responsibility to take the case, ... Sometimes it is easy, so it seems, to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of our court.
almost colleagues ease formidable grasp knowledge mind personal point precise relations remarkable vast
In his personal relations he was unpretentious to the point of being casual, almost as if to put friends and colleagues at ease with his vast knowledge of history, remarkable grasp of the law, and a mind so precise he was at once formidable and delightful.
correct
Bowers was not correct when it was decided, and it is not correct today,
democracy mission share
This is not chauvinistic, ... Our purpose, our mission is to share democracy with the world.
entertainment number people
A number of people would want to make us part of the American entertainment network.
american-judge enhance exercising judgment-and-judges prestige tradition
Sometimes it is easy...to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.
rights gay-marriage promise
The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity.
humanity understanding liberty
When a juvenile commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the State cannot extinguish his life and his potential to attain a mature understanding of his own humanity.
grief mourning stakes
Family members have a personal stake in honoring and mourning their dead and objecting to unwarranted public exploitation that, by intruding upon their own grief, tends to degrade the rites and respect they seek to accord to the deceased person who was once their own.
judging decision defense
You have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has made a courageous decision that's unpopular.
heritage done principles
The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.
real mean political
In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble.
democracy taught generations
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
rights voting right-to-vote
No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.