Anthony Kennedy

Latest Stories

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2013 file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaking at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking account of race in admissions decisions. The justices said that a lower federal court was wrong to set aside the change as discriminatory. In dissent, Sotomayor said the decision tramples on the rights of minorities, even though the amendment was adopted democratically. “But without checks, democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups,” said Sotomayor, who read her dissent aloud in the courtroom Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Michigan affirmative ban is OK, Supreme Court says

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

A group of people organized by the NYC Light Brigade and the women's rights group UltraViolet, use letters in lights to spell out their opinion, in front of the Supreme Court, Monday, March 24, 2014, in Washington. Holding the &quot;H&quot; in &quot;Hands&quot; is Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The Supreme Court is weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Birth control rule seems to divide Supreme Court

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Kennedy denies request to block gun magazine law

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2009 file photo, the Halliburton sign adorns the side of a machine being used by the company at a site in Rulison, Colo. The Supreme Court appears open to the idea of modifying a quarter century of precedent to make it harder for investors to join together to sue corporations for securities fraud. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in an appeal by Halliburton Co. that seeks to block a class-action lawsuit claiming the energy services company inflated its stock price. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Court weighs securities fraud case changes

By SAM HANANEL - Associated Press

Climate case at Supreme Court looks at EPA’s power

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

This photo taken Dec. 17, 2013 shows anti-abortion protester Eleanor McCullen, of Boston, standing at the painted edge of a buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. The regulation of protests outside abortion clinics returns to the Supreme Court for the first time since 2000 to find the justices seemingly more protective of speech and less committed to abortion rights. That combination could prove difficult to overcome for the state of Massachusetts as it seeks to defend a law, in arguments at the high court on Jan. 15, that prohibits abortion protests any closer than 35 feet from the entrance to clinics. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Justices doubtful on Mass abortion buffer zone law

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s legacy: Friend of the gay cause

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 8, 2012, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

PRUDEN: A bigger bed for the honeymoon

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court: Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees

By Jesse J. Holland - Associated Press

This artist rendering shows attorney Charles J. Cooper, right, addressing the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California's ban on same-sex marriage. Justices, from left are, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

Obama administration under fire in gay marriage arguments

By Tom Howell Jr. and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Kevin Coyne of Washington holds flags in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 27, 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second day of gay marriage cases, turned to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court justices question DOMA’s range, consider effect act has in states

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

**FILE** This photo shows the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Oct. 8, 2010. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (Associated Press)

Conservative court justice: Voting rights law perpetuates ‘racial entitlement’

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Jan. 25, 2012, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justices ask sharp questions on race-based admissions

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Illustration Tying States' Hands by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

TANCREDO: Immigration ruling nixes state sovereignty

By Tom Tancredo

Law banning untrue military claims voided

By Jesse J. Holland - Associated Press

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

High court tosses law about false claims on medals

By Jesse J. Holland - Associated Press

An immigration rights opponent walks around June 25, 2012, with a sign at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix as people react to the Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law. The court struck down key provisions of the state’s crackdown on immigrants, but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects' status could go forward. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court upholds key plank of Arizona immigration law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC’s policy on obscenity on TV ‘vague’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times