school instructor and testified on his behalf at his high court confirmation hearings in washington. that mentor of kennedy testified at kennedy s confirmation hearing in december of 87. here he is. i think he will have compassion and empathy for all those who present themselves. he ll do that without personal predilection, without a specific philosophical inclination, with an aim at consensus building. i urge a vote of confirmation. the supreme court decision on that same-sex matter is expected some time in june. mark sherman is the associated press press reporter who wrote this story and he joins us now. also joining us is paul henderson, a veteran prosecutor. let me start with mark and give us a sense of this. i ve always had a sense about the court decisions of justice kennedy, about the idea of the individual, and the individual as a whole person. and yes, sex is part of that, sexual attraction is part of that, sexual behavior is part of that, but they re all part of
as a piller of the sacramento legal community, a closeted gay man who hired kennedy as a law school instructor and testified on his behalf at his high court confirmation hearings in washington. that mentor of kennedy testified at kennedy s confirmation hearing in december of 87. here he is. i think he will have compassion and empathy for all those who present themselves. he ll do that without personal predilection, without a specific philosophical inclination, with an aim at consensus building. i urge a vote of confirmation. the supreme court decision on that same-sex matter is expected some time in june. mark sherman is the associated press press reporter who wrote this story and he joins us now. also joining us is paul henderson, a veteran prosecutor. let me start with mark and give us a sense of this. i ve always had a sense about the court decisions of justice kennedy, about the idea of the individual, and the individual as a whole person.