Sources indicate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire this summer

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



Thursday, May 4, 2017

As one justice settles into his new job at the Supreme Court, is another about to leave?

Eighty-year-old Justice Anthony Kennedy is so far refusing to comment on speculation that he may soon retire after 29 years on the court.

But that hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump and, obliquely, the Republican senator in charge of high court confirmation hearings from weighing in on the prospect that Kennedy could step down as soon as this spring or summer. If not this year, several former law clerks said they would not be surprised to see the justice retire in 2018.

“I’ve heard the same rumors that a lot of people have heard. And I have a lot of respect for that gentleman, a lot,” Trump told The Washington Times in an interview published Sunday.



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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. No appointments. tRump is in the last year of his Presidency. . . nt

[exboyfil]

3. 50 + Pence

Mickey Mouse would get confirmed under these new rules.

[JHB]

20. Nor during the election campaign...

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...which Trump started on Inauguration Day.

[rainy]

28. Omg you are right!!

[exboyfil]

2. And the hits just keep coming

Roberts will now be the swing vote. The replacement will probably be 30-35 and to the right of Atilla the Hun.

[bullwinkle428]

4. "Supreme Court Justice James O'Keefe"...

[More_Cowbell]

6. I know, the Democrats have to pick younger justices

Pack the bench forever like the GOP does

[KeepItReal]

11. Dems have to get their SCOTUS picks heard and confirmed

That's the issue.

GOP broke the process and got away with it.

[cstanleytech]

16. Oh they did more than that the Democrats I guess made the mistake of respecting the rules and didnt

tell the Repugnants to fuck off when they could during Obamas last year hopefully the Democrats wont make such a mistake and trust the Repugnants every again to honor their word.

[moda253]

23. To be fair we should have been banging on our democrats doors to get off their asses

I know some of us were but by and large democaratic party voters sat on their hands and were very ho-hum about the thefot of a USSC Judge. That is what really bothers me. This is the sort of thing that people protest in mass for in other countries. This was an outright theft. We basically said "when Hillary wins we will right this wrong" and we all know hos that went.

Sorry I am not trying to paint anyone as being lazy here because I don't believe that to be the case but it just burns my ass that we absolutely let them get away with this. We should have been so mad that we should have scared the shit out of republicans for not even giving Garland a hearing.

[Still In Wisconsin]

10. It's hard to have hope about anything in these times. n/t

[FBaggins]

9. In the head if Ginsburg or Breyer can't hold on. n/t

[HoneyBadger]

7. Has something to do with Gorsuch being confirmed

People have been saying this for months

[FBaggins]

8. Nothing really new here

This is the same story that we've heard for months. He's old enough to want to retire... and wants to do it with a Republican Senate/White House... but there's no telling whether that's this year or next.

The fact that Gorsuch was a former clerk of his may cause him to delay for a year so that they can work together... but that's just speculation.

[Recursion]

12. Sources have been saying that for months (nt)

[Honeycombe8]

13. If true, it's the final nail in the coffin. Ginsberg is next.

Hate to say it, but I have thought for a few years that Ginsberg should retire, so Obama could appoint a replacement.

So here we are. One or maybe two are going to retire.

[7962]

14. Always surprised me that she didnt retire when he was in too.

Especially at her age.

[Lucky Luciano]

19. Everyone thought Hillary had it in the bag. nt

[LenaBaby61]

22. "Everyone thought Hillary had it in the bag."

She had a "normal" election won. But there was nothing at all "normal" about last years GE.

Between FakiLeaks, a mostly corporate media who gave $2 BILLION in free air-time to tRumputin, racism, sexism, misogyny, Mildly Nauseous Comey, the ruskies who are STILL meddling per Clint Watts, and thuglican Voter suppression/voter-disenfranchisement, voter-crosschecking, purging Dems off of voter rolls on steroids, IMHO, NO Dem had any chance of winning the 2016 GE.

tRumputin, his puppet master, and the GOP pulled off the perfect coup.

HOW we get and keep the ruskies out of our 2018 and 2020 elections, especially under a putin-loving DOJ with beauguard co-signing and riding shot gun for tRumputin is anybody's guess.

[Alice11111]

29. Obama should have made a recess appointment once McConnell said they would not confirm.

[Honeycombe8]

31. Could he have done that? I didn't know that was an option. Geez. nt

[Alice11111]

32. Yes. Good for at least a year. Then, see what happens. I believe one lasted 30 years.

The last time the Repubs took a break, they did not officially recess because of that, but Obama wasn't goin to do it anyway. He had 8 months. Maybe someone can explain to me why, as I don't get it. To preserve his legacy without an ending contact, is not a a good reason.

[maxsolomon]

15. The dimensions of the November loss keep growing

The court is likely lost for 20 years.

2018 can't come soon enough.

[Liberal In Red State]

17. And here Susan Saradan is the reason you vote HRC! With this next appointment the court will

effectively change direction for at least 20 years! Believe me Justice Kennedy will not be the last appointment dRump gets to make! 😡😡😡

[LenaBaby61]

24. "And here Susan Saradan is the reason you vote HRC!"

She and her family are rich and non-minority, and can afford the best of health care etc. I suppose. She really doesn't CARE one bit, because they have enough money to ride the wave of any extremely right Supreme court ruling, while some of us could be completely wiped out.

[Liberal In Red State]

25. Touch 👍🏻

[mpcamb]

18. I'm not into litmus tests but any Dem who votes for a trump nominee need a primary.

[LenaBaby61]

21. I'm not into litmus tests but any Dem who votes for a trump nominee need a primary.

[Freethinker65]

26. Democracy to Theocracy: Trump's legacy

And amazingly he doesn't believe in any higher power than himself

[janterry]

27. Oh, I can't take it anymore. More bad news

[still_one]

30. Obviously those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary don't care