Anthony Kennedy

Court's DNA decision serves public safety and justice

2013-06-03 10:26:00

The Supreme Court's decision today to uphold Maryland's law allowing the collection of DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes upholds the interests of justice, the Constitution and common sense. Concerns that the DNA samples could violate...

Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons

2013-03-27 15:53:00

Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...

The false analogy between abortion and gay marriage

2013-03-26 13:19:41

If the tenor of their questions is any indication, the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared evenly divided in the challenge to California's law banning gay marriage, with Justice Anthony Kennedy, predictably, in the middle. But rather than deciding...

On Proposition 8, Obama stops just short of full equality

2013-03-02 00:00:00

President Barack Obama could have stayed out of the case against California's ban on gay marriage, known as Proposition 8. The federal government isn't a party to the case, and Mr. Obama could have hidden behind the precedent of previous administrations...

Will 2012 be the year American democracy dies?

2012-08-08 03:00:00

Who's buying our democracy? Wall Street financiers, the Koch brothers, and casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, among others. And they're doing much of it in secret. It's a perfect storm -- the combination of three waves that are about to...

Marylanders for marriage equality

2012-11-07 00:00:00

Maryland made history yesterday as the first state to approve gay marriage at the ballot box. The outcome on Question 6 was notable not just for what it will mean for thousands of gays and lesbians whose relationships will now be recognized as equal to...

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin comes to Baltimore

2012-09-16 10:52:00

Even when Jeffrey Toobin is absolutely, positively, flat-out wrong, it's worth listening to what he has to say about the U.S. Supreme Court. Toobin, an Emmy Award-winning senior analyst for CNN and a staff writer for The New Yorker not only is smart,...

Self-interest trumps democracy

2012-07-17 15:19:00

With so many tens of millions of dollars flowing into political campaigns anonymously this year, it's hard to believe anyone would oppose some minimum level of disclosure. After all, it was Justice Anthony Kennedy who wrote in the infamous Citizens United...

Supreme Court upholds health care law's mandate

2012-06-28 11:55:00

The U.S. Supreme Courtupheld the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that the government may impose tax penalties on people who do not have health insurance. The court's long-awaited ruling rejected a broad legal...

Health care reform survives

2012-06-28 11:32:00

By voting to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.erased concerns that the Supreme Court had become captive to a political rather than a legal agenda. As he promised to do during his confirmation...

On Affordable Care Act, a supreme surprise

2012-06-29 00:00:00

In the twinkling of an eye, the Supreme Court's surprising decision to uphold the bulk of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has greatly helped President Barack Obama in the continuing fight over it in the 2012 presidential election....

A humane decision

2012-07-02 00:00:00

This week, the Supreme Court took another step — albeit a small one — toward restricting the severity of punishments courts can impose on juvenile offenders. In a 5-4 ruling, in which Justice Anthony Kennedy sided with the court's liberal...

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, right, here with Justice Stephen G. Breyer, could be the swing vote on affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

2012-03-22 00:00:00

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in a 2003 photo.

2012-03-21 13:06:44