Donald Trump may get second court pick
"I would expect a resignation this summer," Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen.
If Kennedy retires, it would be "the moment that Republican conservatives have been waiting for, for almost 50 years," said
Despite all the broad hints being dropped, Kennedy has also given indications that he will remain on the bench beyond the end of this term in June -- even hiring law clerks for the term that begins in October.
But scuttlebutt over Kennedy's retirement began even before Trump took office, and has escalated recently. In an interview on
At the annual Conservative Political Action conference in February,
The last time two
Replacing Kennedy, the so-called swing voter who has ruled to protect abortion rights and same-sex marriage, would give Trump a chance to appoint a conservative who could allow the court to reconsider those issues and others, including expanding Second Amendment gun rights and upholding Trump's executive orders on immigration and climate actions.
Two former Kennedy law clerks told the Herald he has expressed a preference for retiring rather than serving the rest of his life, and he's 81 this year. But neither confirmed the much speculated summertime timetable.
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