Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said on Wednesday he plans to retire after three decades as a pivotal vote on the highest U.S. judicial body, giving President Donald Trump an opportunity to make the court more firmly conservative.
The conservative Kennedy, who turns 82 in July and is the second-oldest justice on the nine-member court, has become one of the most consequential American jurists since joining the court in 1988 as an appointee of Republican President Ronald Reagan.
He proved instrumental in advancing gay rights, buttressing abortion rights and erasing political spending limits.
His retirement takes effect on July 31, the court said.
And then wait for them to revisit the constitutionality of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIPS, and a whole lot more.
Susie Madrak
With the next Trump appointment, the court is now likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, allow states to ban abortions, reverse some gay rights, and bar race-based affirmative action.
Is she much younger than me?
Or is it because I'm male and she is female?
I thought of welfare state risks ands she thought of identity politics risks.
Of course we are both right.
And then wait for them to revisit the constitutionality of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIPS, and a whole lot more.
Susie Madrak
With the next Trump appointment, the court is now likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, allow states to ban abortions, reverse some gay rights, and bar race-based affirmative action.
Is she much younger than me?
Or is it because I'm male and she is female?
I thought of welfare state risks ands she thought of identity politics risks.
Of course we are both right.
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