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Anthony Kennedy

In a 2003 Supreme Court opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy accepted unsubstantiated assumptions about the benefits of sex offender registration and blithely dismissed its costs. | Ron Sachs/CNP/Picture Alliance/Consolidated News Photos/Newscom

Supreme Court

How SCOTUS Promoted Pernicious Myths About Sex Offender Registries

Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration nonpunitive, accepting unsubstantiated assumptions about its benefits and blithely dismissing its costs.

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2023 12:01 AM

Supreme Court

Justice Kennedy: Draft Opinion Leak Was "Cowardly, Corrupt, Contemptuous Act."

The former Associate Justice joins those condemning the leak of a draft opinion.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.23.2022 9:59 AM

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Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh Praises Anthony Kennedy's 'Legacy of Liberty.' Many Conservatives Won't Like the Sound of That.

"Justice Kennedy established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity."

Damon Root | 9.5.2018 9:00 AM

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Law & Government

Gorsuch's Record Was More 'Liberal' Than Kennedy's This Term

Of course, Gorsuch had his share of clashes with the liberal bloc too.

Damon Root | 9.3.2018 6:00 AM

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