SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The conservative jurist whose powerful belief in individual liberty shaped some of most influential U.S. Supreme Court rulings of the past 40 years has blue eyes that flash and sparkle as he looks at you, and a life story that outlines the history, culture and politics of Sacramento, his beloved hometown.

Also, Anthony M. Kennedy, the last U.S. Supreme Court Justice to be unanimously confirmed by the Senate, does a mean imitation of the guy who tapped him for the court, former U.S. President and California Gov. Ronald Reagan.

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