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Anthony McLeod Kennedy
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Senior status since July 31, 2018.
Confirmed 97 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- November 30, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- December 14, 1987
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 1, 1988
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 97 to 0
- Confirmed
- February 3, 1988
- Commissioned
- February 11, 1988
- Senior status
- Since July 31, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1936, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Gerald Ford; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended February 18, 1988: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1961-1963
- California Army National Guard private first class, 1961
- Private practice, Sacramento, California, 1963-1975
- Professor of constitutional law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1965-1987
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1987-1988
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