Justice Kennedy Considering Retirement. Trump Will Get that Second SC Pick

[Dr. Acula]

RBG better hop in a cryogenic machine for a bit.


Kennedy considering retiring from Supreme Court: reports

Kennedy considering retiring from Supreme Court: reports

GREG NASH

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Speculation is swirling that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could announce his retirement as early as this term, The Associated Press and CNNreported Saturday.

Kennedy is considered the most pivotal justice on the Supreme Court, often known for casting the tie-breaking vote in key decisions.

While he's among the court's conservative justices, he has sided with his liberal colleagues at times, including on the court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, permitting same-sex marriage nationwide.

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But Kennedy, now 80, is said to be considering stepping down from the Supreme Court, according to CNN, though he has not publicly signalled he will do so in the next year.

Fueling such speculation is a reunion between Kennedy and his clerks happening over the weekend that was pushed up a year from its original date, according to the AP.

If Kennedy leaves the Supreme Court in the near future, it would pave the way for President Trump to further shape the court by nominating his replacement. Trump's first pick for the court, Justice Neil Gorsuch, was confirmed in April.

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Supreme Court nominations, however, have become increasingly political. Senate Republicans voted earlier this year to change the chamber's rules to require only 51 votes to confirm nominees to the high court, amid efforts by Democrats to block Gorsuch's confirmation.

 

[the cac mamba]

:hovtrump:

ginsberg shoulda retired

obama also should have put his pick in with that loophole he had in the last month of his presidency. i bet a republican would have done it

 

[Pressure]

This will be the talk of the midterm elections.

Dems need two seats.

 

[levitate]

Voting doesn't have consequences, though.

 

[2stainz]

smh, seems like these old asses always retire/get sick/die during a Repub administration

 

[Dr. Acula]

This will be the talk of the midterm elections.

Dems need two seats.

2018 Senate Election Interactive Map

Look at the seats that are up for election in 2018

None of the red states look favorable for the democrats and given recent trends democrats may be in danger of losing a seat or two in Michigan and Wisconsin.

 

[Scoop]

2018 Senate Election Interactive Map

Look at the seats that are up for election in 2018

None of the red states look favorable for the democrats and given recent trends democrats may be in danger of losing a seat or two in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Yeah, I think Dems are going to be disappointed in 2018 as far as the Senate goes, due mainly to the map. R incumbents simply have to hold those 7 seats, all of which are in very conservative states, and R's are already at 50 plus Pence as the tiebreaker.

Meanwhile look at the red states Dems have to defend: West Virginia, Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana plus states Trump won that may/will have open seats Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and another two swing states in Maine and Nevada.

If anything, R's could have a mediocre cycle and come out ahead of where they are now.

 

[hashmander]

this would be horrible, not as horrible as a liberal retiring or dying, but almost because kennedy is a moderate. scalia's replacement didn't change anything (it would have if obama appointed his replacement), but kennedy's replacement would be a game changer.

a lot of folks don't realize how horrible this country would be to live in for a lot of people if we had a far right court. i just got a few more years though.

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Kennedy made a hard turn right. Probably got that Koch Industries stimulus package.

 

[Scoop]

Kennedy made a hard turn right. Probably got that Koch Industries stimulus package.

???

If anything he's moved left over the course of his career.

Moved to the left on affirmative action, wrote the opinion legalizing gay marriage, largely upheld Roe v. Wade.

Remember, he was a Reagan appointee.

 

[ZoeGod]

Man from the look of it Trump could have 3 SC picks in his first term?!!

 

[acri1]

Man from the look of it Trump could have 3 SC picks in his first term?!!

Maybe more, we're still only 5 months into a 4-year term and most justices are pretty old. We could fukk around have have the majority of the court staffed by Trump appointees.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

This would demoralizing for the supreme court. Affirmative action, abortion rights, healthcare can all be dismantled with Trump next pick.

This is crazy !

 

[hashmander]

Maybe more, we're still only 5 months into a 4-year term and most justices are pretty old. We could fukk around have have the majority of the court staffed by Trump appointees.

i might have to turn myself into a corporation to protect my rights.

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

???

If anything he's moved left over the course of his career.

Moved to the left on affirmative action, wrote the opinion legalizing gay marriage, largely upheld Roe v. Wade.

Remember, he was a Reagan appointee.

Fuk social issues - you don't get props for upholding what previous courts have ruled. that's called being true to stare decisis, the underpinnings of our supreme court jurisprudence.

Look at his votes on economic/political questions (citizens united, voting rights, corporate power, bush v. gore). This is where the court has turned hard right.