U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jul. 9, 2018
Kennedy and I
Above all, Justice Kennedy’s decency and wisdom will perpetuate so long as the United States continues to be decent and wise.
Alex Kozinski
Circuit Judge (retired)
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
UCLA Law School, 1975
Judge Kozinski served as a law clerk for Justice Kennedy from 1975 to 1976, and as Justice Kennedy's colleague from 1985 to 1988 when Kennedy was a Ninth Circuit judge.
It was my last quarter of law school at UCLA and I was in the law review office doing what graduating law review editors do: drinking coffee, chit-chatting and looking over the shoulder of the new board members, when my friend Clive Jones came to me with some news: "A new guy was appointed to the Ninth Circuit. His name is Tony Kennedy and Judge Wallace thinks he'll amount to something."
Clive, who would eventually become Chief Judg...
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