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...morally and legally wrong, and any explanation for them must not "shade into excuse," Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said in describing a program to help high school students understand the gravity of the events. Kennedy and first...
...Gore becomes president. "Where's the federal question here?" Bush lawyer Theodore Olson was asked by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Kennedy voted with the 5-4 majority to hear the case but is considered one of two possible swing votes. Several...
...postponing his departure. Its action was announced in a brief order. The emergency request had been filed with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, but he referred it to the full court. Wednesday's order, in its entirety, read: ''The application for...
...retreating from that rule and allowing a student body to vote on whether to have a prayer at school events. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said that it would bring ''religious divisiveness'' into the schools if students campaign on the issue of prayer...
...speech, the amendment may prevent the government from compelling individuals to express certain views," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority. The Justice Department took the case to the Supreme Court, arguing that the generic ads...
...be used in future prosecutions, the court held. "Sex offenders are a serious threat in this nation," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority. He said states have an important interest in rehabilitating those inmates. Convicted rapist...
...ruled. Landowners "have a right to challenge unreasonable limitations on the use and value of land," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said in reviving a Rhode Island man's suit against state regulators. Legal experts called the court's 5-4...
...Palazzolo's circumstances rather than a broad analysis of the government's right to take property. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion and was joined by five other justices in whole or in part. Palazzolo argued he was denied...
...wrote for the court. Joining O'Connor were Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. Left in dissent were the court's more liberal justices -- John Paul Stevens, David H...
...1996 child pornography law was unconstitutionally vague and far-reaching. The court majority, led by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, found two provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act overly broad and unconstitutional. "The First Amendment...