Justice Kennedy announces retirement from @SCOTUS. President Trump to move 'immediately' to find his replacement. https://t.co/dpuRG744iv
— Watchdog.org (@Watchdogorg) June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy personally delivered his retirement letter to President Trump after Court this morning.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy announces retirement from Supreme Court, handing Trump key seat https://t.co/1evSkXJ7cS pic.twitter.com/4sFqkR5dOi
— The Hill (@thehill) June 27, 2018
BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement, Gives Trump Biggest Gift of Presidencyhttps://t.co/BwcKXmUq1v
— Warner Todd Huston (@warnerthuston) June 27, 2018
BIG OPENING: Millions of Americans have wondered if there would be any retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court this year. Now, one justice is finally calling it quits, with an epic nomination battle about to begin with President Trump at the helm ... https://t.co/jhk4oNxfzA
— WND News (@worldnetdaily) June 27, 2018
#BREAKING: Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote this fall to confirm Justice Kennedy's successor https://t.co/7V8zU2rtJo pic.twitter.com/8zDk0uAWh3
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 27, 2018
.@SenateMajLdr: "As Justice Kennedy concludes his tenure on the court, we wish him, his wife Mary and their family every happiness." https://t.co/7Do7LBbAzT pic.twitter.com/rIia32Oude
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 27, 2018
Of course there will be hearings and a vote this summer of the next #SCOTUS nominee. The vacancy is not occurring in a presidential year and the @SenateGOP hold the majority. Analogies to @SenateMajLdr correct decision to adopt the #NoHearingsNoVotes are simply incorrect.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 27, 2018
READ: Anthony Kennedy's resignation letter to Trump https://t.co/88IPex3nRx pic.twitter.com/othVoHbiJA
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 27, 2018
Trump: Justice Kennedy is "a very spectacular man." pic.twitter.com/IYvnrcqFTD
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 27, 2018
Trump on Justice Kennedy retirement: "He will be missed ... We will begin our search for a new justice of the United States Supreme Court, that will begin immediately." pic.twitter.com/tfzfrFxYp1
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 27, 2018
November 11, 1987: President Reagan announces the nomination of Judge Anthony Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court. https://t.co/NCfetBEUk6 #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/04F8snHoTl
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 27, 2018
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was nominated by President Reagan and confirmed in 1988 by Senate 97-0, the last Supreme Court nominee to be confirmed by Senate unanimously. https://t.co/BQcJlx4Ats @cspan pic.twitter.com/rwmbFsT0kM
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 27, 2018
In his decades of faithful service on the bench, Justice Kennedy has been a man of integrity and decency. He has earned the respect of the House and the American people. I look forward to @POTUS nominating a qualified successor who will be dedicated to upholding the Constitution.
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy's retirement announcement is sending shock waves through Washington. Read this piece from 2014 for more on Kennedy's impact on the Supreme Court. https://t.co/I03xMYeMrD
— The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) June 27, 2018
Anthony Kennedy redefined the country. Now he's stepping away at a moment when the Court could be redefined by a midterm. https://t.co/CIkYzRCBBe
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) June 27, 2018
POTUS referred to this list just a few minutes ago when asked about Kennedy's replacement --- https://t.co/dRcUOjCuoT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 27, 2018
From 2017: “President Donald J. Trump’s Supreme Court List” https://t.co/nQvr1rKV8z
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 27, 2018
'HEIL TRUMP!' Anthony Kennedy's impending SCOTUS retirement sends libs into a TAILSPIN https://t.co/VCMQkzdJhi
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 27, 2018
Liberal Meltdown Over Kennedy Retirement... https://t.co/BTjrYqga20
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 27, 2018
"Going into this term, liberals had hoped that Anthony Kennedy, the 81-year-old conservative justice who has sided with the left on several historic Supreme Court decisions, would help hold off the rightward trend of the court.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 27, 2018
That didn't happen."https://t.co/epGc66Zkbq
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) June 27, 2018
We’re thanking Justice Kennedy for more than 40 years of judicial service, including 30 years on #SCOTUS. As Justice Kennedy retires, we’re excited to see @POTUS fill the vacancy with another fair and qualified justice. Our statement from @TheSarahField:https://t.co/hPwD8K98jX pic.twitter.com/Y7VCu1F9JP
— AFP (@AFPhq) June 27, 2018
Sen @BenSasse: “Justice Kennedy will retire in July and the Supreme Court returns in October, so the Senate ought to spend August and September confirming the next Justice...” pic.twitter.com/f0lamWuoFV
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 27, 2018
Mike Lee spoke to reporters in a rare hallway interview about SCOTUS. Asked if he would ever be interested in being considered, he noted he has been a court watcher his whole life, used to watch arguments for fun as a kid. "I would not say no." He added it is Trump's decision.
— Lauren Fox (@FoxReports) June 27, 2018
— ⚡️ Right Scoop ⚡️ (@trscoop) June 27, 2018
ICYMI on @FoxNews: "I think the single best choice that President Trump could make to fill this #SCOTUS vacancy is @SenMikeLee" pic.twitter.com/VKhg4IPnSD
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) June 27, 2018
Party leadership can't control the monster they've unleashed. They're going to have be the most flamboyantly extreme extremists during the Supreme Court fight. Their frenzied base will demand nothing less. It will drive moderate voters into Republican arms.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 27, 2018
Dems always try to scuttle GOP appointees by painting them as political extremists. That's tough to do when the Dem party base is shrieking like lunatics, attacking female government officials in public, and threatening worse to come.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 27, 2018
In sum, Trump has a great deal of latitude to nominate another SCOTUS justice and seem like the reasonable party fighting against Democrat ideological obstruction to a crucial number of midterm voters. /end
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 27, 2018
ADDENDUM: the media is going to regret squandering so much of the credibility it had left in pushing the "kids in cages" freakout. They won't be much help to Dems in the SCOTUS battle. Too much of the public has tuned them out.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 27, 2018
Hard to overstate the significance of the 2016 election and the nomination of Justice Gorsuch to the #SCOTUS bench with regard to these last few 5-4 opinions.
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) June 27, 2018
Early short list of possible Kennedy replacements, offered by CNN's great SCOTUS reporter @Arianedevogue:
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 27, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia;
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2/ Amy Coney Barrett: former Notre Dame professor; Trump pick for seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 27, 2018
Raymond Kethledge, currently sits on the 6th Circuit;
3/ Amul Thapar, a McConnell favorite, Trump nominee to US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 27, 2018
Sen. Mike Lee, wild card, former Alito clerk
Thomas Hardiman, runner-up for Gorsuch seat, serves on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
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