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Article: Kennedy's Supreme Court Nomination 'Sails Through' / Swift Confirmation Expected
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- January 28, 1988
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Anthony M. Kennedy's Supreme Court nomination
sailed unanimously through the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Wednesday, and went to the Senate floor for an expected swift
confirmation.
Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., a committee member, said
he would be willing to waive procedural requirements to allow a
Senate vote Friday or next Monday on President Reagan's selection of
the federal appellate judge from Sacramento, Calif.
Before the 14-0 vote, senators praised the 51-year-old Kennedy
as open-minded, an advocate of the constitutional right of privacy,
one who respected Supreme Court precedent and a judge with an
expansive view of constitutionally protected ...