Liberty & Justice for All: Supreme Court Justice Kennedy LIVE via Webcast Next Wednesday

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OCTOBER 17, 2012 Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy LIVE Via Webcast Next Wednesday The Heritage Foundation is honored to host Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy to deliver our fifth annual Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture on October 24.  Join Us Live via FREE Webcast >> Entitled “The Constitution and Its Promise,” don't miss this penultimate event in our Preserve the Constitution Series - with the nation’s most respected legal scholars and policy analysts. Justice Kennedy has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for over 24 years. Nominated to the High Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, the President remarked that Kennedy’s career as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a constitutional law professor, and in private practice, was “marked by his devotion to a simple, straightforward, and enduring principle: that we are a government of laws, not men.” During his more than three decades on the bench, Justice Kennedy has played an integral role in the consideration and decision of some of the most significant constitutional challenges in our nation’s history. Widely recognized as an independent jurist, Kennedy has staked out a reputation as a staunch defender of First Amendment rights, individual liberty against government intrusion, and federalism. On these issues, Kennedy wrote last year that “]y denying any one government complete jurisdiction over all the concerns of public life, federalism protects the liberty of the individual from arbitrary power. When government acts in excess of its lawful powers, that liberty is at stake.” And in vigorously defending political speech the year before, Kennedy articulated the importance of protecting First Amendment rights to secure our other liberties by stating that “[s]peech is an essential mechanism of democracy, for it is the means to hold officials accountable to the people.” The namesake of the lecture – the eminent jurist Joseph Story – became the youngest Associate Justice ever to serve on the Supreme Court when President James Madison appointed him in 1812. Story made a significant mark on American law in his thirty-three years on the bench, but his greatest contribution to jurisprudence is his renowned Commentaries on the Constitution. This lecture series celebrates his legacy. Previous Joseph Story Lectures have been delivered by Judge Robert H. Bork, Professor John Harrison, Judge A. Raymond Randolph and Chief Judge Alice M. Batchelder. Join us online Wednesday, October 24 at 5:30pm (EST) for a live broadcast of Justice Kennedy’s lecture >> Caught on Tape: Organizing for America Assists Voter Fraud Ensuring Election Integrity, True the Vote Accused of "Criminal Conspiracy" Judge Alice Batchelder Gives Insights on the U.S. Constitution Watch Heritage vs. ACLU in TV Debate on Voter Fraud VIDEO: A Debate on Religious Liberty in America   Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council: Elections Integrity Case This week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Arizona Proposition 200, which requires prospective voters to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Like a litany of other states, Arizona passed this common-sense reform to prevent noncitizens from illegally voting in elections and to ensure the integrity of its elections. Read the rest of the story >>   The Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is the nation’s most broadly supported public policy organization. Heritage created the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies in 2001 to educate government officials, the media and the public about the Constitution, legal principles and how they affect public policy. The Heritage Foundation | 214 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002 | 202.546.4400 | heritage.org