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Anthony Kennedy
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 to 2018
Key facts
- Nominated by
- Ronald Reagan
- Preceded by
- Lewis F. Powell Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford
- Born
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy , ( 1936-07-23 ) July 23, 1936 (age 89) , Sacramento, California , U.S.
- Spouse
- Mary Davis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 )
- Education
- Stanford University ( BA ) Harvard University ( LLB )
- Awards
- Henry J. Friendly Medal (2019)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Army
- Years of service
- 1961–1962
- Rank
- Private (first class)
- Unit
- California Army National Guard
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Family name
- Kennedy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sacramento
- Occupation
- politician
- Employer
- University of the Pacific
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Anthony Kennedy official SCOTUS portrait.jpg
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Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and sworn in on February 18, 1988. After the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006, he was considered the swing vote on many of the Roberts Court's 5–4 decisions.
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