NPR: Justice Kennedy Told 2018 Clerk Applicants He's Considering Retirement
Source: Talking Points Memo
By NICOLE LAFOND Published JULY 3, 2017 9:46 AM
While Justice Anthony Kennedy squashed rumors about his retirement at the end of this current term, its unlikely he will continue serving on the Supreme Court for all of President Donald Trumps time in office, according to an NPR report.
Kennedy has already hired clerks for this coming term, but has not yet filled the positions for the following term, which begins in October 2018. The 80-year-old justice apparently told applicants for the 2018 term that hes considering retirement, according to NPR.
Kennedys retirement would be consequencial as his vote is often what decides the outcome of many cases, especially this past month following the appointment of Trumps Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, who so far has voted 100 percent of the time with his most conservative colleague on the court, Justice Clarence Thomas.
Gorsuch votes second most often with Justice Samuel Alito, according to the NPR report. On the other side of the ideological spectrum, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor voted together most often this term, leaving Kennedy and Chief Justice John Roberts on the center-right and Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, at the center-left.
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)They've stolen the SCOTUS and are delivering it into the hands of the RW special interest elite for years to come.
Probably the biggest tragedy of this illegitimate election.
Astraea
(468 posts)Spiraling down the drain with one more right-wing justice.
broadcaster90210
(333 posts)ATM, we are merely fucked with a glimmer of hope.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)the Democrats could pull the same maneuver the Republicans did are the end of the Obama term.
minstrel76
(83 posts)And Democrats will have more Senate seats to defend than Repubs...many in States that voted for Trump.