Posted on 06/27/2018 11:19:34 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire from the highest U.S. court, giving President Donald Trump another chance to fundamentally reshape the top of the judiciary.
In a letter to Trump dated Wednesday, Kennedy said he would step down.
"For a member of the legal profession, it is the highest of honors to serve on this Court," he wrote. "Please permit me by this letter to express my profound gratitude for having had the privilege to seek in each case how best to know, interpret and defend the Constitution and the laws that must always conform to its mandates and promises.
The president's first nominee to the court, conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, has already had an enormous effect on U.S. policy in rulings this week related to Trump's ban on travel from certain countries, abortion and labor unions.
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Initial Dem line seems to be: Truml shouldnt get to appoint replacement while under FBI investigation.
How soon can we overturn “gay marriage”?
Thanks to Scott Brown, we already have a retort when liberals start calling it the “Kennedy seat”
“It is the People’s Seat, so STFU!”
Would still be 5-4.
Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Sotomayor.
I think you are correct, Ruthy has an appointment with our Lord, accountability time.
I was just at a luncheon recently week with one of those 25, Don Willett, formerly on the Texas Supreme Court and now on the 5th Circuit. Likable guy and certainly conservative, though I think he tries to be too cute when writing opinions.
All we will hear 24/7 for next 3 months on the MSM is Nazi, Racist, fascist, Russia collusion, Putin, pussygrabber, womb-raider, Meryl Streep and Robert Deniro F*** you Trump and assorted vulgarity.
Well, I won't hear it, because I won't be watching or listening. But I pity the poor people who do.
They’re gonna find Ginsberg’s corpse, having been dead for months, and eaten by her collection of stray cats, before Dems admit she’s gone.
The movie will be called “Weekend at Ginsbernies”
Take the dead woman with you Kennedy.
Ruth!... Ruth!... Wake up Ruth! Your turn is next and hey... You should enjoy some retirement before it's too late.
>>Last week the liberals were happy as they staged Kids at the Border week outrage. <<
The who at the what? You mean that spec WAAAAYYYY BACK in the rear view mirror?
The court is wrapping up its season.
Please see post #27 for my concerns.
Winning congress in the fall is now paramount... They need to get another conservative to replace him, and then just hope that Ruth buzzy Ginsburg decides that she can’t wait it out... Conservative Supreme Court for decades!
was it a GOP prez that appointed Breyer - or am i incorrect
Just checked in at the DU. Their heads are exploding
We've already seen the left and the deep state murder Justice Scalia in 2016 so Obama could appoint his replacement before Obama left office, and we saw them get away with it simply because the deep state had already corrupted U.S. Law Enforcement from the Federal level all the way down to State level.
I will never believe a pillow accidentally fell across Justice Scalia's face and smothered him while he slept. IMHO, the only reason the left got away with it was because they controlled all levels of law enforcement involved in the investigation.
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