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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump mad Justice Kennedy an Offer He Couldn't Refuse
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/donald-trump-justice-anthony-kennedy-retirementInside the White House, however, news of Kennedys retirement didnt come as a shock. In fact, as The New York Times reports, the 81-year-olds announcement was the culmination of a carefully orchestrated 17-month campaign by the Trump administration to remake the Supreme Court before the 2018 midterms, when there is an outside chance that Republicans could lose their majority. For conservatives, Kennedys seat was seen as one of they keys to rolling back abortion rightson the campaign trail, Trump pledged to appoint a justice who would overturn Roe v. Wade. But first, Trump had to demonstrate to Kennedy that he could be trusted to nominate quality jurists to the Supreme Court. The campaign was multifaceted: over the course of several months, Trump systematically nominated three of Kennedys former clerks for plum judicial posts. While he criticized other, more conservative members of the court, he lavished praise on Kennedydespite the fact that the justice has been pilloried by the right for his votes on social issues. And he cultivated a relationship with Justice Kennedys son, Justin, who worked closely with the Trump Organization in his role at Deutsche Bank as the global head of real-estate capital markets, according to the Times.
The overtures continued outside the White House. Ivanka Trump reportedly took Kennedy to lunch shortly after the inauguration and brought her daughter Arabella Kushner to the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments as special guest of Kennedy shortly after. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, who serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, went on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitts radio show last month to implore the courts aging judges, If youre thinking about quitting this year, do it yesterday.
Perhaps most important, Trump used the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to demonstrate to Kennedy how his own legacy could be preserved. He ensured that Kennedy was involved in swearing in Gorsuch, who used to clerk for himsomething that gave Kennedy virtually parental pride, Turley told me, describing Kennedys obvious delight at the ceremonys after-party. After Gorsuch was sworn in, the White House made sure to float two more potential Supreme Court candidatesJudge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Judge Raymond Kethledgeboth of whom also clerked for Kennedy.
The overtures continued outside the White House. Ivanka Trump reportedly took Kennedy to lunch shortly after the inauguration and brought her daughter Arabella Kushner to the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments as special guest of Kennedy shortly after. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, who serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, went on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitts radio show last month to implore the courts aging judges, If youre thinking about quitting this year, do it yesterday.
Perhaps most important, Trump used the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to demonstrate to Kennedy how his own legacy could be preserved. He ensured that Kennedy was involved in swearing in Gorsuch, who used to clerk for himsomething that gave Kennedy virtually parental pride, Turley told me, describing Kennedys obvious delight at the ceremonys after-party. After Gorsuch was sworn in, the White House made sure to float two more potential Supreme Court candidatesJudge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Judge Raymond Kethledgeboth of whom also clerked for Kennedy.
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Donald Trump mad Justice Kennedy an Offer He Couldn't Refuse (Original Post)
ashling
Jun 2018
OP
Girard442
(6,077 posts)1. And then he said,
Lovely family you have there. Be a shame if something happened to them.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)2. "His legacy will be preserved"
As the coward who set the country on the path to destruction. Was already on the path, but this was 100% no going back.
Stolen from another site, thinking of last weekend's news story: if you owned a restaurant, would you serve Anthony Kennedy? Yes, but I'd put something in his drink.