Justice Kennedy Retiring

[donner]

more news will be forthcoming, but the story is starting to break now.

 

[Dave70968]

I'd rather see Ginsburg go, but to replace swing-vote Kennedy with a reliable Constitutionalist wouldn't be a bad thing at all.

Here's hoping for another Gorsuch.

 

[Dave70968]

FOX hasn't picked it up yet, but here's CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/anthony-kennedy-retires/index.html

Washington (CNN) Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who provided key votes for same sex-marriage, abortion access and affirmative action, will retire from the Supreme Court.

Kennedy's decision to step down could transform the Supreme Court for generations. President Donald Trump will have his second opportunity to nominate a justice and will likely replace Kennedy with a young, conservative jurist. That would create a bloc of five staunch conservative justices who could move the court further to the right and cement a conservative majority for the foreseeable future.
The nomination battle will likely ignite a firestorm on Capitol Hill as it comes just a year after Republicans changed the rules of the senate in order to push through the nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch, Trump's first nominee.

This story is breaking and will be updated.​

 

[Okie4570]

Has a POTUS ever appointed more than two SCOTUS justices during a term?

 

[Dave70968]

The real question is whether or not a nomination will go through before the midterm election. I'll put 20 to 1 on "not."

 

[dennishoddy]

The real question is whether or not a nomination will go through before the midterm election. I'll put 20 to 1 on "not."

I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the DNC.
The obstructionist will be busy.

 

[OKCHunter]

The real question is whether or not a nomination will go through before the midterm election. I'll put 20 to 1 on "not."

The nuclear option is now available since it was used for Gorsuch.

Let’s hope Ginsberg is not far behind.

 

[Dave70968]

The nuclear option is now available since it was used for Gorsuch.

Let’s hope Ginsberg is not far behind.

She'll have to be carried out in a pine box. That said, she is 86, and Souter is 79....

The women are young enough yet that they will be there a while.

 

[Dale00]

Impeach, Resist.....meltdown is imminent

 

[deerwhacker444]

So much Winning, I can't believe it. This must be what it felt like to strike Gold back in 1849..

Come on Ginsberg, don't let us down..

They're have the Meltdown of all Meltdowns over on DU...