President Reagan nominated Justice Anthony M. Kennedy to the US Supreme Court in 1988, to replace Lewis F. Powell, who was retiring. He is an incumbent (still sitting) on the bench, and will have been on the Court approximately 23 and one-half years at the start of the 2011-2012 Term.
Kennedy is considered the "swing vote" on the Court because his conservative ideology is tempered by strong support for individual rights, such as privacy.
Anthony M. Kennedy is a associate justice who works in the supreme court.
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President Reagan appointed Justice Anthony Kennedy to the US Supreme Court in 1988; 2010 marks his twenty-second year on the Court.
Generally speaking, on the US Supreme Court, the deciding vote in an ideological decision is Justice ANTHONY KENNEDY.
US Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy is 80 years old (birthdate: July 23, 1936).
At the moment, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
The last Supreme Court Justice of the United States to resign was Abe Fortas who served from 1965 to 1969.
President Reagan appointed Justice Anthony Kennedy to succeed Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., in 1988 following Justice Powell's retirement.
Anthony M. Kennedy has served for the US. Supreme Court for about 23 years.
He is a conservative Republican but sometimes sides with the more liberal wing of the Supreme Court.
* Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy was born in Sacramento. * Associate Justice Stephen Breyer was born in San Francisco.
Kennedy is considered the "swing vote" on the Court because his conservative ideology is tempered by strong support for individual rights, such as privacy. Otherwise, his function is the same as that of any other US Supreme Court justice.