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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy delivers the keynote speech during a luncheon held for high school civics students in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)

Anthony Kennedy warns ‘culture is becoming vulgar’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a fundraising event for Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Boston. Clinton was presented with the organization's Believe in Girls award during the event. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton fights Brett Kavanaugh confirmation on Twitter

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump greets Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Brett Kavanaugh is Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 1, 2017, file photo, Supreme CourtAssociate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joins other justices of the U.S. Supreme Court for an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. The 81-year-old Kennedy said Tuesday, June 27, 2018, that he is retiring after more than 30 years on the court.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Anthony Kennedy may leave behind legacy of unanswered legal questions

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota was one of three Democrats who broke with their party last year to vote for President Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. This year, she has said only that she will vet the nominee. Mr. Trump has campaigned with Ms. Heitkamp's Republican challenger. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination to pressure red-state Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, left, and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy participate in a public swearing-in ceremony for Justice Neil Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House White House in Washington, Monday, April 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Justice Anthony Kennedy set to retire from Supreme Court; Trump gets a second nominee

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo., on March 10, 2014. Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, argued that his religious beliefs should protect him from sanctions against his business. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with Christian baker in same-sex wedding cake case

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joins other justices of the U.S. Supreme Court for an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dean Heller predicts Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire this year: Report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Jack Phillips brought to the Supreme Court what might be the biggest case of its kind since the high court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015. Justices heard oral arguments Tuesday in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Anthony Kennedy likely to swing case of same-sex wedding cake

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court suggests constitutional right to Facebook, other social media

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

At the Supreme Court on Wednesday, six years after Obamacare became law, faith-based charities will try to convince justices that they deserve the same exemptions for contraception coverage as houses of worship and family-owned corporations. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy cast the key votes in earlier rulings. (Associated Press)

Faith charities eye Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in Obamacare birth control fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will be put to conservatives' test again as he begins his second decade at the helm of the Supreme Court. He already has become a punching bag on the Republican campaign trail. (Associated Press)

John Roberts on hot seat as Supreme Court begins term

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2014 file photo shows Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in the House chamber on Capitol Hill waiting for the President's State of the Union address to begin. Roberts is beginning his 10th year at the head of the Supreme Court, and the fifth with the same lineup of justices. He has been part of a five-justice conservative majority that has rolled back campaign finance limits, upheld abortion restrictions and been generally skeptical of the consideration of race in public life. But his court has taken a different path in cases involving gay and lesbian Americans, despite the chief justice's opposition most of the time. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy lose Republican favor over recent Supreme Court rulings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Supporters of marriage equality gathered outside the Supreme Court to demonstrate support for LGBT couples on Tuesday as justices inside asked questions that cautiously encouraged both sides of the debate on same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was closely watched. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court gay marriage arguments, questions give encouragement, caution to both sides

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

A rainbow colored flag, seen through an American flag, flies in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015, as the Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. . (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court hears historic same-sex marriage arguments

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The Supreme Court heard arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obamacare on life support as Supreme Court splits on law’s fate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on the continuing social and legal struggle over the definition of marriage by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

THOMAS: The Supreme Court’s nonruling on gay marriage

By Cal Thomas

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Gay marriages in Idaho put on hold by Justice Kennedy

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Justice Anthony Kennedy

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court must restore states’ rights in defining marriage

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - This Oct. 13, 2013 file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaking in Philadelphia. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said a federal law limits how much money victims of child pornography can recover from people who viewed their images online, throwing out a nearly $3.4 million judgment in favor of a woman whose childhood rape has been widely seen on the Internet. Kennedy said for the court that federal judges should exercise discretion in awarding restitution. The case involved a woman known in court papers by the pseudonym &quot;Amy.&quot; Her losses have been pegged at nearly $3.4 million, based on the ongoing Internet trade and viewing of images of her being raped by her uncle when she was 8 and 9 years old. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Supreme Court OKs prayer before public meetings

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times