Anthony Kennedy

Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 11, 1987, and took the oath of office on February 18, 1988, serving until July 31, 2018.

Kennedy became the most senior Associate Justice on the court following the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. after the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006, he was the swing vote on many of the Court's 5–4 decisions.Bravin, Jess, Court Conservatives Prevail June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2013.Jeffrey Toobin, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2010) p. 198Steffen W. Schmidt et al. American Government & Politics Today (2008) p. 547Jeffrey A. Rosen, "Courting Controversy" , Time June 28, 2007 He authored the majority ruling in many of these cases, including Lawrence v. Texas, Boumediene v. Bush, Citizens United v. FEC, and Obergefell v. Hodges.

On June 27, 2018, Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, effective July 31.

Background
Kennedy was born in Sacramento, California, on July 23, 1936.  He went to Harvard University, Stanford University, and the London School of Economics.  He was a private lawyer, a professor, and in 1975, he was appointed by Gerald Ford to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  In 1988, Ronald Reagan nominated him for the Supreme Court.  He became a member of the court on February 18, 1988. He has two sons and a daughter.

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