Anthony Kennedy on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Disallow obstacles to medical services for abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Our obligation is to define liberty, not mandate moral code: Favors topic 1 Parental notification is lower priority than maternal health: Favors topic 1 First Amendment protects leafleting at abortion center door: Opposes topic 1 No partial-birth abortion; yes parental notification: Favors topic 1 By rule of stare decisis, we uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Constitutional analysis of Roe: abortion is a right: Strongly Favors topic 1 Uphold Roe v. Wade: woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	All-male military schools like VMI must admit women: Favors topic 2 Admissions preference is unconstitutional racial balancing: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Sociological analysis insufficient to prove gender bias: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Hate crimes should allow racial intent to affect sentencing: Favors topic 2 Rape victims cannot sue their alleged attackers: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Right to same-sex marriage is a fundamental right: Strongly Favors topic 3 No longer deny gays the profound liberty of marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Living Constitution: apply 14th amendment to gay marriage: Favors topic 3 Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3 Right to define one's own concept of existence, even if gay: Strongly Favors topic 3 Recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Favors topic 3 Disallow all sodomy laws against same-sex activity: Favors topic 3 1st Amendment protects church's anti-gay funeral pickets: Opposes topic 3 State laws can protect gay rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Boy Scouts may exclude gay scoutmasters: Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	Ok to deny scholarships to divinity students: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Taxpayers can't fight AZ tax credit for religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare not ok under Commerce Clause, but ok as tax: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare's individual mandate is unconstitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare should be justified by other Constitutional powers: Neutral on topic 5 States cannot ban cigarette ads near schools: Opposes topic 5 States have no authority to protect patient rights: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Federal government decides insurance issues, not states: Favors topic 5 Federal law pre-empts state laws on generic drug warning: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers ok if neutral with respect to religion: Favors topic 7 Taxpayer funding OK for parochial school materials: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	"Navigable waters" includes "significant nexus" to water: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Migratory birds don't extend CWA to isolated waters: Strongly Favors topic 8 Eminent domain applies to social & economic development: Opposes topic 8 Clean Water Act applies only to navigable wetlands: Favors topic 8 OK to sue polluters for past pollution: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Death penalty for rape is cruel & unusual punishment: Strongly Opposes topic 9 International opinion opposes juvenile death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Live witness not required for all scientific testing: Strongly Favors topic 9 International Court not grounds for stay of execution: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fleeing the police is reasonable grounds for a search: Favors topic 9 Death penalty OK if no mitigating evidence: Favors topic 9 OK to lengthen prison sentences retroactively: Favors topic 9 Uphold "Miranda", informing people being arrested of rights: Opposes topic 9 Life-sentence alternative doesn't affect death sentence: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Right to gun ownership is individual, not collective: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Railroads can sue for tax exemptions on other diesel users: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	No judicial limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 No automatic deportation for aliens convicted of crimes: Strongly Favors topic 12 No back pay to illegal alien fired for union organizing: Strongly Opposes topic 12 INS may hold deportation suspects without bail: Strongly Opposes topic 12 AZ may revoke licenses for hiring unauthorized aliens: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sovereign immunity only applies to foreign-owned companies: Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Using foreign law is inevitable with an interconnected world: Opposes topic 14 Congress authorized detaining US citizens as enemy soldiers: Strongly Favors topic 14 Habeas writ for terrorists in indefinite custody: Opposes topic 14 Vienna Convention treaty not binding on US courts: Strongly Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Federal control over state voting is outdated: Opposes topic 16 Wrote Citizens United:Corporate spending is protected speech: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Limits on campaign donations drive free speech underground: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Corporate political spending is free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Public campaign finance can't be based on opponent spending: Strongly Opposes topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Let courts decide what's secret in Cheney energy task force: Opposes topic 18 States can request that EPA regulate CO2 greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 Clean Air Act displaced federal common law on CO2 emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Limit CWA restrictions to navigable waterways: Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Sentencing rules change allows crack sentence reductions: Opposes topic 19 No tactile inspection by police for drugs: Opposes topic 19 No roadblocks with drug-sniffing dogs: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)

Anthony Kennedy is a Moderate Libertarian Conservative
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