Kennedy cast the deciding votes on gay marriage and gun ownership, prayer and privacy, campaign finance and capital punishment. Who's likely to replace Kennedy? Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh ...

In spring 2003, Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O’Connor were ready to break ground on gay rights by striking down a ban on intimate relations between same-sex couples. The ...

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that will give President Donald Trump a chance to replace the pivotal justice and solidify a more ...

WASHINGTON – In an era when most government officials are loved by their friends and loathed by their foes, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy departs the federal bench Tuesday virtually ...

When Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his imminent retirement at the end of June 2018, it set the stage for a particularly momentous shift in the makeup of the Supreme Court, as Kennedy had ...

A Trump nominee is likely to be far more conservative than Kennedy, who, though appointed by President Ronald Reagan, voted with the court's liberals in some key cases. Kennedy, who will turn 82 ...

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy penciled it in. Not literally: The 230-year-old charter can be amended only as provided for in Article V. Supreme Court constitutional rulings often have ...

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday he would be retiring from the Supreme Court. With him go his three decades of experience on the bench and, more politically pressing, his moderate legal ...

The left was stunned by the announcement that Justice Anthony Kennedy, one of the decisive swing votes on the Supreme Court, will retire next month, opening yet another lifetime appointment for ...

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he will retire on July 31 — giving President Trump an opportunity to cement conservative control of the court.