RSSBOMBSHELL: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Retiring
THIS WILL IMPACT THE COURT FOR A GENERATION, MAYBE TWO …
Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he will be retiring from the bench at the end of July. A Press release issued by the Supreme Court announcing the decision by Justice Kennedy to step down from the SCOTUS at the end of July 2018. Kennedy, 81, has been the swing vote on the Supreme Court with his decisions often determine the deciding vote on a court split 4 to 4 between liberals and conservatives even though he was considered a conservative. This swing vote now may be replace with a Conservative Constitutionalist that may impact the Court for generations. Justice Kennedy was appointed by President Reagan in 1987 and sworn in on February 18, 1988.
The 81-year-old Kennedy, often a voice of moderation over three decades on the court, provided the key vote on such closely divided issues as affirmative action, guns, campaign finance and voting rights in addition to same-sex marriage and the right to abortion.
Kennedy informed his colleagues of his plans, then went to the White House to meet with Trump, where the president said they talked for half an hour about a potential successor and other topics. The retirement will take effect at the end of July.
Trump praised Kennedy as a man of “tremendous vision” and said his search for a new justice would begin “immediately.”
Trump’s first high court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, was confirmed in April 2017. If past practice is any indication, the president will name a nominee within weeks, setting in motion a process that could allow confirmation by the time the court reconvenes in early October.
Trump already has a list of 25 candidates — 24 judges and Utah Sen. Mike Lee — and has said he would choose a nominee from that list.
The letter from Justice Kennedy to President Donald Trump.
Justice Kennedy was the second-oldest member of the court. The oldest, Democrat Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is 85 and has been treated for pancreatic cancer, followed by another Left leaning liberal, Stephen Breyer, who is 79.
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