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NEWS ABOUT: Anthony Kennedy

Anthony Kennedy stories: 16 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Roberts Court Takes Narrow Path to the Right

Supremes offer more modest rulings, put up barriers to lawsuits

Jun 30, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court shifted further to the right in its 2008-09 term, ended yesterday, particularly on issues of civil rights and environmental protection. As USA Today reports, the conservative bloc led by John Roberts used several rulings to set tougher standards for individuals bringing suit, and it offered narrower opinions... More »

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John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • US Supreme Court • conservatives • David Souter • Sonia Sotomayor • Ricci v. DeStefano

 Court: Defendants  
 Can Question  
 Crime Lab 

Scientists must be brought to court

Jun 26, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 5-4 Supreme Court ruling yesterday gives defendants the chance to face authors of crime lab reports in their cases. Prosecutors who want to use lab testing undertaken for a given case will be required to bring its authors to court, where the defense can confront them. The ruling shows... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • US Supreme Court • defense • criminal prosecution • crime lab • defendant

Court: Elected Judges Can't Rule on Major Donors

Kennedy gives opinion in 5-4 decision

Jun 8, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court ruled today that elected judges must recuse themselves from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against his... More »

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Anthony Kennedy • trial • judge • West Virginia • bias • US Supreme Court • campaign donors

Shakespeare Debate Splits Supreme Court

Stevens finds alternate author theory beyond a reasonable doubt

Apr 18, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia don’t agree often, but the justices are united on one case: Neither believes Shakespeare’s plays could possibly have been written by a hick like William Shakespeare. Stevens has even written papers on the topic, and searched the Bard’s home for clues.... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • literature • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • William Shakespeare • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Goofs Up Key Fact in Child Rape Decision

Court was wrong about federal death penalty

Jul 2, 08 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court misconstrued a key fact in reaching its recent decision banning the death penalty for child rape, reports the New York Times. Swing justice Anthony Kennedy mistakenly noted in his decision that child rapists did not face the death penalty in federal jurisdiction. But in fact the rape... More »

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death penalty • Anthony Kennedy • military law • US Supreme Court • child rape

ANALYSIS

Gitmo Will Be Transformed, Not Closed

Court ruling strips
base of its legal rationale for US

Jun 13, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court's ruling yesterday against the Bush administration will not shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But by concluding that detainees can appeal their detention in US civilian courts, the high court stripped away its reason for being, erasing the government's claim that an offshore prison was beyond... More »

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War on Terror • military tribunal • Anthony Kennedy • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • US Supreme Court

 Court Readies
 Term's Testiest Decisions 

Justices will hand down 26 of the most contentious opinions beginning today

Jun 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court is poised to begin unveiling decisions today in some of the year's most heated cases, reports USA Today. As the term winds down, the 26 final opinions will be released on select days in June, and include clashes over Guantanamo detainees, DC's handgun ban, and the 1989... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • opinion • David Souter

Supremes Appear Set to KO DC's Handgun Ban

In key 2nd Amendment case, Kennedy notes 'general right to bear arms'

Mar 18, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court looks ready to declare Washington, DC’s handgun ban unconstitutional, the LA Times report. The justices heard oral arguments in the landmark Second Amendment case today, and swing voter Anthony Kennedy said, “In my view, there is a general right to bear arms.” At issue... More »

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John Roberts • Washington DC • Anthony Kennedy • Constitution • Second Amendment • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban

 Court Hears Gun Case Today 

Nation's firearms laws in the balance as Supremes hear arguments

Mar 18, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the oldest and most hotly debated constitutional amendments—the right to bear arms—comes under scrutiny by the Supreme Court today. The court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Washington DC's stringent ban on handguns. The ruling, which will arrive in June, is sure to have a... More »

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Department of Justice • John Roberts • John Ashcroft • Washington DC • gun control • Anthony Kennedy • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • National Rifle Association • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban • Scotus • Temple University • David Kairys • Dick Anthony Heller

Justices' Stock Portfolios Cripple Cases

Supreme Court left deadlocked by recusals amid calls to divest

Mar 7, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The stock portfolios of Supreme Court justices have become a flash point this term, in which six cases could be affected by justices recusing themselves because they own financial stakes in companies involved. Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Stephen Bryer have bowed out of cases involving... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • ExxonMobil • Pfizer • Stephen Breyer • Cisco • conflicts of interest • US Supreme Court

Exxon Asks Court to Toss $2.5B Payout

Supreme's justices appear to be split
in Valdez case

Feb 27, 08 8:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly 20 years after the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, the company asked the Supreme Court to reject a ruling that it pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages. Judges appeared split in today's arguments, USA Today reports, making a tie... More »

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John Roberts • Alaska • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • oil spill • ExxonMobil • class action • shipping • Exxon Valdez • Samuel A. Alito • US Supreme Court • Joseph Hazelwood

Supreme Court Returns for a
Big Session

Right-moving bench will rule on lethal injection, Gitmo prisoner rights

Sep 30, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court enters its second session with Bush appointees John Roberts and Samuel Alito tomorrow, which means it will likely resume last session’s rightward slant, Reuters says. Before the court will be big cases on Guantanamo inmates’ right to habeas corpus, the legality of the lethal injection death... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • ACLU • lethal injection • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • cruel and unusual punishment • US Supreme Court

Kennedy Is Swing Vote as Supreme Court Shifts Right

The term in review

Jun 30, 07 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the Supreme Court wrapped up its first term under Chief Justice John Roberts Friday, the new court's conservative bent was obvious: the Court swung to the right in most of the ideological cases decided this year by a 5-4 margin. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the swing vote, making him... More »

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John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor • judge • judicial • US Supreme Court

Supremes Halt Execution of Insane Inmate

Kennedy is swing vote against punishment for schizophrenic killer

Jun 28, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block the execution of a schizophrenic condemned killer because Texas criminal courts had not taken his mental health into account. Anthony Kennedy joined the court's liberals and wrote the decision, which reaffirmed previous injunctions against executing the insane; Kennedy wrote that the "punishment... More »

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death penalty • Texas • Anthony Kennedy • schizophrenia • murder • execution • capital punishment • Scott Panetti • US Supreme Court

Alito Swings Court Against Late Abortion

Justices cite moral corcerns, worry about mother's regrets

Apr 19, 07 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban partial-birth abortions is a gauntlet thrown down by the Roberts court, reports Linda Greenhouse in the Times. Samuel Alito, the newest justice, was the deciding factor in the 5-4 turnaround. While it will affect a small subset of abortion procedures, the focus... More »

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Samuel Alito • abortion • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court
Supports Late-Term Abortion Ban

5-4 decision signals shift on divisive Issue, win for abortion opponents

Apr 18, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court voted today to uphold a ban on partial birth abortions, handing a significant victory to President Bush, whose appointees to the high court voted with the 5-4 majority. The 2003 law, which bars a controversial late-term procedure, is the first federal restriction on abortion since the 1973... More »

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abortion • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Roe v. Wade • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court

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