ANTHONY KENNEDY
“The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles, the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.”
Associate Justice
1987 — 2018
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan
Sworn in: February 18, 1988
Preceded by: Lewis Powell
Succeeded by: Brett Kavanaugh
President Reagan announcing Kennedy’s nomination to the Supreme Court on November 1, 1987, with his family by his side | Credit: Dirck Halstead/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
