Potential Kennedy Retirement has Democrats Worried

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If Democrats thought it was hard to stop President Trump's first U.S. Supreme Court nominee, it going to be even tougher for them if he gets to fill another vacancy, possibly to replace the most influential justice, Anthony Kennedy.

Reuters reports former Kennedy Supreme Court clerks said the justice, who turns 81 in July, may be thinking about retirement either this year or in 2018.

Kennedy, a conservative who sometimes sides with the court's liberals in key cases such as on gay rights and abortion, is one of three justices 78 or older.

Justice Stephen Breyer is 78 and fellow liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 84.

If Kennedy does retire, it will give President Trump another opportunity to put a stronger conservative on the bench.

Corrie O'Connor

 

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