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Justice Kennedy had stent procedure
go.reuters.com ^ | Tue Sep 5, 2006

Posted on 09/05/2006 2:52:18 PM PDT by lunarbicep

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, a moderate conservative and often decisive vote, was hospitalized for a stent procedure after experiencing mild chest pains, a court spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Kennedy, 70, underwent "a routine procedure" at Washington Hospital Center on September 2. "This was a revision to a stent procedure performed in November 2005," she said in a brief statement.

Arberg said there was no evidence of any heart damage. She said Kennedy was discharged from the hospital on Sunday morning and had returned to his duties at the court, which is currently in recess.

Kennedy often casts the decisive vote on the nine-member court that is deeply divided with four liberal justices and four conservatives. He has become the key swing vote after the retirement early in the year of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anthonykennedy; moderateconservative; routineprocedure; scotus; stent; tooold
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1 posted on 09/05/2006 2:52:19 PM PDT by lunarbicep
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To: lunarbicep

Since when is Justice Kennedy a moderate conservative?


2 posted on 09/05/2006 2:53:21 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: lunarbicep

Kennedy is a moderate conservative? Really? Best wishes for complete recovery anyway.


3 posted on 09/05/2006 2:53:57 PM PDT by CremeSaver (I don't repeat gossip, so listen carefully.)
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To: lunarbicep

"...pray for those in authority over you..."


4 posted on 09/05/2006 2:54:55 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (live until you die. then live some more.)
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To: lunarbicep

Heart pains, partial blockage, stint--that is the news I just heard on the TV


5 posted on 09/05/2006 2:57:24 PM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: lunarbicep

Prayers for a successful procedure, Justice Kennedy, and that you may see the light as well.


6 posted on 09/05/2006 2:59:19 PM PDT by Bahbah (Goldwasser, Regev and Shalit, we are praying for you...)
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To: Peach

It a Rooters piece. There are only four political orientations: Moderate, Moderate-Conservative, Conservative and Ultra-Conservative. You'll notice that places Stevens, Ruth Buzzi and Gindburg in the Moderate camp, just where the MSM wants the folks to think that's where they rule.


7 posted on 09/05/2006 3:00:57 PM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov (If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
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To: CremeSaver

and a complete retirement.


8 posted on 09/05/2006 3:02:21 PM PDT by David1
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To: CremeSaver
Kennedy is a moderate conservative?

He is generally better than O'Conner was.

9 posted on 09/05/2006 3:03:56 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: David1
Now that is an interesting thought.
10 posted on 09/05/2006 3:04:05 PM PDT by CremeSaver (I don't repeat gossip, so listen carefully.)
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To: lunarbicep

Prayers for a successful procedure.


11 posted on 09/05/2006 3:05:01 PM PDT by Purrcival (Have a holly, jolly Fitzmas! It's the best time of the year!)
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To: Peach

Moderate conservative by pelosi standards.


12 posted on 09/05/2006 3:05:46 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: lunarbicep

I hope he makes a swift recovery and is replaced by Janice Rogers Brown.


13 posted on 09/05/2006 3:06:16 PM PDT by BJClinton (What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
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To: lunarbicep

I posted this...did several searches and couldn't find anything on it...glad to see more than I could find. All I did was hear it on local news. We were obviously posting at the same time that must be way the search was useless.


14 posted on 09/05/2006 3:08:07 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Always Right

I will have to take your word for it, I always lined him up with the lefties. I was never very impressed with O'Connor, and usually lumped her in with the left also. That way when she did something sensible I would be pleasantly surprised. :O)


15 posted on 09/05/2006 3:08:14 PM PDT by CremeSaver (I don't repeat gossip, so listen carefully.)
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and is replaced by Janice Rogers Brown.

"Whaaaaaaaht?!"


16 posted on 09/05/2006 3:09:41 PM PDT by jdm (I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)
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To: lunarbicep
My FIL had 3 of these procedures this summer

He didn't want the quad bypass .. said it would interfere with his golf games

Seemed to work .. and he was back to golfing in no time

17 posted on 09/05/2006 3:15:30 PM PDT by Mo1 (Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
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To: Peach
Since when is Justice Kennedy a moderate conservative?

When the MSM tells us that...to hell with his opinion ruling record that doesn't count...

18 posted on 09/05/2006 3:21:11 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: lunarbicep
"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, a moderate conservative and often decisive vote"

Center-Right would have been more appropriate.

19 posted on 09/05/2006 3:21:27 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: lunarbicep
Hmmm. Fact: I believe October 1st is the record for "the latest retirement announcement by a justice of the SCOTUS.
20 posted on 09/05/2006 3:22:04 PM PDT by right-wingin_It
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