Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and sworn in on February 18, 1988. After the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006, he was the swing vote on many of the Roberts Court's 5–4 decisions.
Born in Sacramento, California, Kennedy took over his father's legal practice in Sacramento after graduating from Harvard Law School. In 1975, President Gerald Ford appointed Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In November 1987, after two failed attempts at nominating a successor to Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., President Reagan nominated Kennedy to the Supreme Court. Kennedy won unanimous confirmation from the United States Senate in February 1988. Following the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016, Kennedy became the senior associate justice of the court; he remained the senior associate justice until his July 2018 retirement. Kennedy retired during the presidency of Donald Trump and was succeeded by his former law clerk, Brett Kavanaugh.
Kennedy authored the majority opinion in several important cases, including Boumediene v. Bush, Citizens United v. FEC, and four major gay rights cases, Romer v. Evans, Lawrence v. Texas, United States v. Windsor, and Obergefell v. Hodges. He also co-authored the plurality opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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Some of their strengths
Anthony Kennedy has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Practical, Confident, Energetic, Extroverted, Passionate, Intelligent, and Imaginative.
Bold and Confident
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Anthony Kennedy is someone who is a bold, confident, energetic, and optimistic person, who is able to combine personal warmth and charisma with intelligence. A person who seems to identify with family, heritage and ancestry.
Passionate and Intense
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Anthony Kennedy well know them as someone who can be passionate, proud, and intense, like the sun or a blazing fire.
Active and Ambitious
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Anthony Kennedy as someone who is active, ambitious, bold, and courageous.
A person who is driven and organized, is wise with money, who knows how to tell a good story, likes physical activity, and who loves learning.
Justice-seeking and Insightful
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Anthony Kennedy is someone who tends to be intolerant of unfairness in life, and who has an uncanny ability to reveal the truth in any situation.
They are also someone who is curious, dynamic, and positive, and who enjoys inspiring and communicating with other people.
Creative and Leadership-oriented
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Anthony Kennedy tends to be someone who is a natural leader, with determination, motivational powers, and who takes obligations seriously. Who has charisma, a sense of humor, and who tends to attract attention.
Some of Anthony Kennedy's challenges
While Anthony Kennedy has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Anthony Kennedy can be Arrogant, Sensitive, Materialistic, Status-seeking, Hesitant, Narcissistic, and Stubborn.
Arrogant and Status-seeking
One of Anthony Kennedy's key challenges is that they are someone who can come across as arrogant and status-seeking.
Impulsive and Aggressive
Anthony Kennedy is someone who can be impulsive, aggressive, and confrontational, can have difficulty listening to others, be moody and high strung, have conflict with authority figures, be too judgmental of others, and who can be overindulgent and extravagant.
Domineering and Stubborn
Finally, Anthony Kennedy also can be too rebellious, not respond to criticism well, and be too emotional and extreme about things.
