Anthony Kennedy's 2009 Commencement Address

Stanford University held its 118th Commencement on June 14, 2009. In his address, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy tells the class of 2009 to spread freedom and the rule of law. Sunday's Commencement marked the awarding of 1,735 bachelor's degrees, 2,039 master's degrees and 925 doctoral degrees.

Justice Kennedy earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1958 from Stanford. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1961. Kennedy took his seat on the Supreme Court in February 1988 after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appears for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. From 1965 to 1988, he served as a professor of constitutional law at the McGeorge School of Law of the University of the Pacific in Sacramento.

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[70smuscle]

@Wahpinga LOL

[thetricon69]

Great family name talking.

[Wahpinga]

@gvveyt "got graduated"? learn English, pendejo! You've been exposed. ICE is hot on your ass. Deportation is imminent.

[krazyreapr]

Huge presence on the court.

[bimboblacky]

Honorable Justice Anthony M. Kennedy:

I firmly believe it is NOT true either, sir. If I may, I wish to thank you for your LONG and distinguished service to our nation, and for the tremendous honor that you bring (back) to the Leland Stanford, Junior University. As I continue to watch these commencement ceremonies videotaped and distributed online, I ever continue to be convinced that Senator and Mrs. Stanford would be exceptionally proud of the institution founded in their only son's name.

[gvveyt]

my brother got graduated there too!!! felicidades enano!!!

[tryss]

I was there!!!!

[cat54907]

this was such a great graduation!! i was there for the wacky walk. my brother was graduating! so great. i want to become a supreme court

[radbcc]

Thank you Justice Kennedy and thank you Stanford. Lovely speech and profound,  I will think of freedom in a new light.