Life, Law & Liberty
A Memoir
$42.90
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
Justice Anthony Kennedy was at the ideological center of a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court for thirty years. Often writing landmark opinions in pivotal cases, he affirmed and redefined liberty for our nation—protecting political speech, upholding a woman’s right to choose, abolishing the death penalty for minors, and legalizing gay marriage.
How did a devout Catholic, conservative in both temperament and politics, and a 1988 Reagan appointee to the Court, end up delivering some of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668052754 |
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| ISBN-10: | 166805275X |
| Author: | Anthony Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 491g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 140mm x 213mm |
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony M. Kennedy began his service as a Supreme Court Justice in 1988 and assumed senior status in 2018. Born in Sacramento, California, he received his BA from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, and his LLB from Harvard Law School. Starting in private practice in San Francisco and Sacramento, he was also a professor of constitutional law at the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.
He has served in numerous positions during his career, including:
- Member of the California Army National Guard
- Board of the Federal Judicial Center
- Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, Judicial Conference of the United States
- Committee on Pacific Territories, Judicial Conference of the United States
He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. Between his service on the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, he wrote nearly 1,000 opinions over more than forty years on the federal bench.
Justice Kennedy currently lives in Virginia with his wife, Mary, continuing to work on important projects for the Court, and is a proud father and grandfather.
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