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Article: ANTHONY KENNEDY A CONSERVATIVE IN POWELL MOLD / REAGAN PICK FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT

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WASHINGTON - Judge Anthony M. Kennedy is a judicial conservative, but one whose style more closely resembles that of Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., the pragmatic centrist who retired from the Supreme Court in June, than that of Judge Robert H. Bork, the critic of liberal judicial activism whose nomination for the vacancy was defeated last month.

President Reagan announced Wednsday he would appoint Kennedy, 51, of Sacramento, Calif., to the Supreme Court as he bid for the third time to fill a high court vacancy and end a politically embarrassing episode.

Reagan praised Kennedy as a ``tough judge who respects the law'' as he made the appointment in a nationally televised appearance in ...

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