Is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy getting ready to resign?

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | April 20, 2017 | Debbie Lord

[kevcol]

Kennedy, 80, has talked with former law clerks and others about retirement, according to a story by CNN. The New York Times has reported that the Trump administration is already looking at its next nominee should Kennedy decide to leave the Court.
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Kennedy has been considered the “swing” vote among the nine justices for many years. With four strong conservatives – Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and the late Antonin Scalia – and four equally strident liberals – Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg – it often fell to the moderate Kennedy to cast a deciding vote on a case.

[Godebert]

"Cruz’ main problem to me is he didn’t give a crap about the Natural Born Citizen clause. Born in CA to a foreign father - and still thought he was okay to run for pres. His actual citizenship history is unknown as he refused to make any docs public other than one which I can’t remember. At the very least he was a dual citizen most of his life, and it is actually unknown when he obtained US citizenship, whether at birth or not. So that dishonesty disqualifies him totally in my view."

I agree 100%.

Cruz is a denier of The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God: The True Foundation of American Law

Cruz has forfeited any chance of serving on the Supreme Court. He is NOT qualified!

[SaraJohnson]

Ruth looks like something out of a Saturday Night skit.

[gogeo]

I like.

[gogeo]

I will miss Justice Thomas. I remember his confirmation hearings. Anyone else would have folded, he stood on his hind legs and denounced the "High Tech Lynching."

He gave a speech to the ABA titled, "I am a man, a black man, an American." Towering example of intellectual integrity.

Truly one of my heroes.

[NorthMountain]

Seems like more than a normal % of senators dislike him.

He's not part of the Uniparty. He's not "one of them". Turtleface McConnell and Schmucky Cheese Schumer both hate him. That should tell you something.

[gibsonguy]

I would consider this great news. Kennedy really betrayed us with some big ones. A reliable conservative in his seat would be a big deal. The Rats would look ridiculous if they go nuts on Kennedy’s replacement versus Ginsburg’s.

[ColdOne]

Good one! Was pleasantly surprised to hear her interview with Tim Conway jr on KFI some time ago. Never thought she would ever have a gig after being on that MTV show decades ago.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I would really like Kennedy to go first, because replacing him with a more conservative R would by itself significantly shift the Court, and while Dems would of course scream and cry, in the end replacing an R with another R wouldn’t be as hard.

If Buzzi croaks, the fight to replace her with a conservative will be Armageddon.

Yes, but if Trump serves two terms replacing Ginzburg is, surely, ultimately a foregone conclusion. And in that context, perhaps replacing Ginzburg first would be easier in the long run.

Whenever Trump has a vacancy to fill, he should refer to his list - and, perhaps, ask the senators for advice on a selection from that list. Trump can and should argue that the list got him elected, and it is only proper that he limit his consideration to names which are on it. That position certainly puts the Democrat senators on the wrong foot if they undertake to say that they will fight tooth and nail against accepting any choice from a list of 20 who have all been vetted by the election.

[Paal Gulli]

“Is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy getting ready to resign?”

Insh’Allah

[MayflowerMadam]

When/if Trump nominates a very right-leaning person to fill any SCOTUS voids, I hope the Dems remember what they pulled with Gorsuch. If they expect any consideration from Trump after that, they’re nuts.

[TennTuxedo]

Mike Cernovich tweeted today that he has been told that Kennedy will announce his retirement next week.