02/01/1983
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I'm just as enthusiastic as your fans!"
"Judge Kennedy believes, as I do, that the role of the judge in our democratic society is faithfully to interpret the law, not to make it."
"Congratulations go to Joe Gibbs and his excellent coaching staff."
"I am extremely pleased that today the Senate has voted, 97 to 0, to confirm my nomination of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court."