Point Austin: Supremes v. Texas

The future of U.S. politics may become, "Vote for Show, Map for Dough"

"...its split opinions, including one in which a concurring Anthony Kennedy declared himself still open to arguments on excessively..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Supremes Chip Another Brick out of 'Roe' Wall

Court allows ban on 'partial birth' procedure

"...in the landmark case Roe v. Wade – Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion offers something of a formula for..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Court Reporter

At the Supreme Court Wednesday, it was all about Texas and the future

"...the most quoted line of the day was Justice Anthony Kennedy's assertion to Cruz that the Legislature's reconfiguring of..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...the decision is expected to come down to Justice Anthony Kennedy, viewed as the swing vote. Legal observers can..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Supreme Confusion

The Supreme Court ratifies the Texas GOP majority with a shrug

"...maintain the illusion of a majority-minority district. Wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the court, "The majority of Latinos who..."

July 7, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Two words have been missing in all the hubbub about the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision striking down laws against homosexual sodomy: Thank you.

"...To read Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority (6-3) opinion is to believe again that..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Supremes Navigate Water Law

What is a navigable waterway? Court's latest weighing of limits of Clean Water Act portends future of additional regulatory battles and likely talk of amending the act

"...Corps' more broad definition to stand; and lone Justice Anthony Kennedy in the middle, calling for individual determinations of..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Challenging Lethal Injection

Supreme Court rules death row inmates with no more criminal appeals left may challenge constitutionality of lethal injection method of execution under federal civil rights statutes

"...the State from executing him by lethal injection," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court. Hill "does not challenge..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Redistricting Rematch

Election law experts differ on meaning of Supreme Court's move

"...jumble of opinions from five different justices, with Justice (Anthony) Kennedy telling the lower court to think about the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is back, and this time it may be a bit more bulletproof.

"...at RFRA, calling it (in the opinion of Justice Anthony Kennedy) an "intrusion at every level of government, displacing..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Supremes Rule on Lawyers, Sex, and Guns

Court's rulings hit home

"...and the right to bear arms. A quick summation: 'Kennedy v. Louisiana'..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

No More Juvie Executions

The Supreme Court's ban on executing kids has repercussions all the way back to Austin

"...to receive the death penalty despite insufficient culpability," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority, reversing the court's 1989..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Federal judges -- including a Supreme Court justice -- cry foul as Congress stiffens mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes.

"...U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy last week decried the strengthening of federal mandatory-minimum..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bobby

Bobby looks at the lives of some everyday people who are about to get caught up in the avalanche of history when they become witnesses to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

"...Starring: Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Ashton Kutcher, Lindsay Lohan, William H...."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: The Wages of Civility

The Supreme Court confirms that elections have consequences

"...decision was itself overshadowed by the announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy (who joined in these reactionary decisions) that he..."

June 29, 2018 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

What moved marriage equality from taboo to justice?

"...all. The moment came on June 26, when Justice Anthony Kennedy proclaimed from the ornate chamber of the Supreme..."

July 17, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

SCOTUS Punts on Fisher vs. UT, Lifts Part of Voting Rights Act

Two major rulings from the Supreme Court

"...the 5th U.S. Circuit. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the court still saw the value..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Malibu's Most Wanted

"...Directed by: John Whitesell. Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Revenge of the Cyborgs

Speech may be free, but justice costs real money

"...to describe how otherworldly the entire exercise seemed. Justice Anthony Kennedy's strenuous majority opinion is filled with defenses of..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Sleuth

Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.

"...Crash, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), and the Kennedy White House for sheer wasted potential and misguided ambition...."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Human Rights Are Indivisible

International Human Rights Day activities in Austin strung together workers' rights, social services, and Texas' awful death penalty.

"...the burden to uncover it?" asked a perplexed Justice Anthony Kennedy, receiving a nod from Assistant Attorney General Gena..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Case This Week

HB 2 oral arguments start Wednesday

"...doesn’t change the fact all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen as the swing vote. With liberal-leaning Justices..."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Scott Panetti: Sane Enough to Execute?

Supremes' June 28 ruling in case of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti concludes that law requires condemned inmates have some 'rational understanding' of why they're being executed in order to satisfy Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment

"...Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy opined that the Texas courts and the 5th..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The AggreGAYtor: December 17

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• SCOTUS watchers are expecting Justice Anthony Kennedy to rule on the side of marriage equality...."

Dec. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Death Row Inmates' Sentences Overturned

Supremes overturn death sentences of three Texas inmates, sending them back to state courts and calling into question the death sentences of dozens of other inmates

"...majority opinions in the Brewer and Abdul-Kabir cases) and Anthony Kennedy (who led the majority in the Smith case)..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Juvenile Offenders

The U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the constitutionality of executing 16- and 17-year-olds will remove 28 juvenile offenders from Texas' death row

"...to receive the death penalty despite insufficient culpability," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority. "An unacceptable likelihood exists..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...are slim at best.) In a 5-4 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority that the practice violates..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Supremes Take a Hit

The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?

"...the commodity is part of that [larger] market?" Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. "Just because something is fungible doesn't make..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...in the lives and thoughts of free people," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority. The case will now..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Sentencing reform (or not), medical marijuana, and short-term memory loss in Nevada

"...judges publicly decried them – including Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who told the ABA convention last summer that..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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