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[edit] Photo of justice kennedy

Could someone upload a more recent photo of Justice Kennedy? This one is from 1980s.

Unfortunately, decent PD photographs of the Justices are hard to come by on the web. --tomf688(talk) 20:50, July 9, 2005 (UTC)
Seems like Kennedy is camera shy. He never participates in those roundtable discussions like Breyer, Scalia, and OConnor did. If the official portraits are non copyright then maybe someone could find the recent one and edit his picture to be suitable for the article.
I remember something after Rehnquist died that all the other justices released statements, and the newscaster said something to the tune of "No statement is expected from Justice Anthony Kennedy." I found that more than a little contrite. But thats beside the point...
Kennedy was in Beijing at the time of Rehnquist death.
From all accounts, Justice Kennedy is a big fan of the 1st amendment and of the internet (much to the consternation of house republicans). Why doesn't someone located near D.C. just ask him (or a clerk) for a recent photograph?

Since there's a new Chief justice, presumabley a new group picture will be forthcoming, or they'll wait for someone to replace O'Connor

  • I added a new picture of Kennedy. The previous one was from 1988!!!<<Coburn_Pharr>>

[edit] Dispute-- Vote

  • Someone* without explanation keeps inserting the comment that Justice Kennedy is a "liberal." This user has rejected such compromises as "swing vote" and "moderate" and insists on "moderate liberal." I am not going to waste my time laying out the case for why Kennedy is not a "liberal" (Bush v. Gore springs to mind; as do all of his 4th and 5th Amend. rulings like Hiibel) but rather a "moderate." So I'll open this up to a good ole English-language Wikipedia VOTE! Please Don't BlockPlease Don't Block
  • additionally problematic, is the same user putting on that in fact, O'Connor is the only moderate on the bench, and the implication that Kennedy is to the left of O'Connor. While a minority political argument, this is not NPOV, and is unfounded by common understanding.

FOR "MODERATE LIBERAL"

FOR SIMPLY "MODERATE"

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  • If not Moderate, then conservative. Liberal is not appropriate in reference to Kennedy. Srcastic 14:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Some anonymous user continues to revert the page every opportunity to reinsert his "liberal" comment. Given that he has reverted now well over three times without commenting on the talk page or explaining, I think admin action would be appropriate now. I will not revert the page, however, because it is against wikipedia policy to allow three reverts. The responsibility lies where the power is; the power is with the admins. Please Don't BlockPlease Don't Block
      • Parsing liberal vs. Conservative is, as I think you know, Block, not a cut and dried thing. However, Kennedy is almost certainly not a liberal in the way these things are commonly understood. And asserting that O'Connor is the only moderate on the bench is not only wrong, it's totally POV. In my view (and the few of some others) O'Connor is a bit of a waffler with no coherent judicial philosophy. She hands down rulings more like she was expecting someone to vote on her next term of office, rather than as a justice for life. This does not make her moderate, merely confused. IronDuke 01:02, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
    • If I was going to vote, I would go with moderate. I have written a suggested paragraph to replace the opening paragraph on ideology. Obviously, feel free to make any edits to the grammar, spelling, or prose to make it sound a little better. But overall, I think I'm presenting a fairly NPOV commentary on Kennedy's ideology. Basically, if someone comes to the Anthony Kennedy article on Wikipedia looking to see what his ideology is, this paragraph would adaquately inform them of the reality of Kennedy's ideology.
Proposed Paragraph: Although appointed by a President who was both Republican and conservative, Kennedy’s tenure on the court has seen him take a moderate path. While some would point to his joining the majority in such decisions as Bush v. Gore as proof of his conservatism, others would point to cases like Lawrence v. Texas to assert Kennedy is a liberal. At the same time, he also frustrates constitutional law scholars by often foregoing conventional methods of explaining his holding and instead relying on vivid prose and unusual philosophy. Decisions in which Kennedy has mentioned European law has also equally frustrated political conservatives. All these factors considered, Kennedy will probably be remembered historically along with Sandra Day O’Connor as one of two swing voters in many 5-4 decisions during the Rehnquist court. 68.97.36.194 07:39, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
    • I think that is a great paragraph and support its inclusion 132.216.9.84 23:26, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

"From all accounts, Justice Kennedy is a big fan of the 1st amendment and of the internet (much to the consternation of house republicans)."

What's the evidence for the consternation of presumably the majority of House Republicans? Does the consternation extend merely to his enthusiasm for the Intenet, or also to the 1st amendment?

[edit] Abortion

The abortion section of this article might be updated today given Kennedy's swing vote in the upholding of the partial-birth abortion ban. Robert K S 16:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure where to put this. But I made some changes to the abortion and "gay rights" sections of the Kennedy entry that further explained the dynamic post-Casey. They were "reverted" quickly after. I'm unsure why. The edits I made were to further elucidate the impact of the differences between O'Connor and Kennedy on the meaning of the Casey plurality (which was incorrectly called a "majority" opinion on the site before my edit). Furthermore, it seems important to note on the gay rights section that the boy scouts opinion was a unanimous opinion and that the decision did not rest on any "gay rights" arguments but rather on the rights of a private organization to define its membership. The article before my edits did not make that clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.34.234.180 (talk) 15:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

That was my bad. I fixed it. Toddst1 (talk) 17:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] style

The word "controvercial" is used a lot in this text. Can it be justified? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.8.120.187 (talk) 21:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

"On the other hand, Kennedy has..."??? What other hand? There is no antiphasis there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.8.120.187 (talk) 21:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)