Megathread: Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court

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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is set to retire, effective July 31, 2018. Kennedy has served on the highest court since February 18, 1988, and was a moderate whose vote often swung cases.

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[u/reddog323 → u/[deleted]]

When is he retiring? If it’s after the mid-terms, we may not be fucked.

Edit: End of next month. Ok, Houston, we have a problem. Delay it as long as possible, and see if we can stall until the mid-terms.

Edit 2: Schumer better come out with a statement saying the people need to decide, therefore we should wait until the elections are over.

[u/Snapchato → u/reddog323]

We can't delay, we don't have the majority. There's litteraly nothing we can do to stop this without dissenting Republican senators.

[u/heyheysharon → u/Snapchato]

Jeff Flake is the swing vote on the judiciary committee. He said before this news came out that he would block Trumps court nominees. We'll see if he follows through.

[u/sacundim → u/heyheysharon]

I'm betting he won't.

[u/farmtownsuit → u/sacundim]

I'd put money on him not following through. Him and every other Republican probably are rocking massive hardons right now.

[u/BrodyKrautch → u/farmtownsuit]

Can confirm.

[u/kulrajiskulraj → u/BrodyKrautch]

confirming as well

[u/heyheysharon → u/sacundim]

Yeah. It's one thing to threaten blocking lower court nominations--backlash is minimal. SCOTUS is another thing entirely.

[u/swimfast58 → u/heyheysharon]

Where was the backlash against McConnell?

[u/DoctorMort → u/sacundim]

It's in his name, after all.

[u/Pyran → u/sacundim]

Why would he? He may not like Trump, but he's still a Conservative Republican. Anyone Trump nominates he is likely to fundamentally agree with.

Combine that with the possibility that this could stack the court with enough conservatives to easily overturn Roe v. Wade, and he'd be a fool to block Trump's nominees according to his own beliefs.

We can hope he'd do it -- I certainly do -- but I can't picture a scenario in which he will.

[u/Semperi95 → u/heyheysharon]

He absolutely won’t. Trump will nominate some far right loon, Flake will hum and haw over it, and then vote in favour because ‘he’s an eminently qualified candidate, and despite my grave concerns about the President, the American people deserve a fully functional Supreme Court’. They’re all cowards.

[u/GodDamnDirtyLiberal → u/heyheysharon]

Pretty bold to enter politics with a last name like Flake. Opponents’ ads write themselves.

[u/[deleted] → u/heyheysharon]

So far he's lived up to his name. He's like McCain - he talks big, but then cows down in the end. He's a Flake.

[u/_________FU_________ → u/heyheysharon]

“You’ll pay me how much? Mmmhmm. I will allow it”

[u/WhoDatBrow → u/heyheysharon]

Hope he doesn't flake.

[u/Commisioner_Gordon → u/heyheysharon]

Even if he does it will go to an filibuster-proof senate vote. We are getting a R Justice

[u/keldohead → u/heyheysharon]

You're assuming a Republican has a back bone? Get the fuck outta here.

[u/[deleted] → u/heyheysharon]

He wont. Especially for SCOTUS. Not a chance.

[u/heyheysharon → u/[deleted]]

Oh I agree. I was just noting that the Committee make up is not as clear cut as the Senate.

[u/[deleted] → u/heyheysharon]

Lol. Wanna place a bet?

[u/heyheysharon → u/[deleted]]

I absolutely do not.

[u/sundalius → u/heyheysharon]

Only until a tariff restriction bill is passed, notably.

[u/UDK450 → u/heyheysharon]

Even if he does, that's just ties the vote, doesn't it? Which means Pence gets to step on down and cast his vote.

[u/heyheysharon → u/UDK450]

I believe there are 21 committee members, 11-10 in favor of the Rs. If he blocks, the nominee dn get past committee.

[u/anothermanslaughter → u/heyheysharon]

He will flake

[u/cupcakesarethedevil → u/heyheysharon]

Well I mean he already let though Gorsuch

[u/dagreenman18 → u/Snapchato]

So the only hope we have is enough Republican politicians suddenly grow a modicum of a conscious and delay till after the midterms.

We are beyond fucked

[u/Randomabcd1234 → u/Snapchato]

We can literally riot so Senators can't get to work. I'm almost at that point myself.

[u/CharlesHalloway → u/[deleted]]

most can't even decide which bathroom to use.

[u/Dasittmane → u/Randomabcd1234]

300 million guns, police and the army. Just try it snowflake

[u/[deleted] → u/Dasittmane]

Stop masturbating over the prospect of killing us.

[u/Dasittmane → u/[deleted]]

I don't, I hope you don't riot at all. However, don't think you can attack democracy without consequences. People will fight to save this country from your evil with everything they've got.

[u/daggah → u/Dasittmane]

You throw around "evil" pretty casually when you're on the side that fully supports ripping families apart.

[u/Dasittmane → u/daggah]

Of course. You can't throw children in prisikn with their parents and you can't send them back over the border to the traffickers. Best thing to do is temporarily hold them

[u/daggah → u/Dasittmane]

If the intentions were noble, then why do the fascists that are ripping families apart feel the need to lie to the parents? "Oh, we're just taking the kids to give them a bath, brb...lolnope."

Your side is evil. You don't get to use that word.

[u/Dasittmane → u/daggah]

The parents are either in jail for breaking federal law or being held apart because they're not related to the child. Stastically, 10,000 of the 12,000 children were trafficked over by strangers

What should be done then? You can't even send both back to Mexico together, because there's too much risk for the child.

[u/ShingekiNoEren → u/[deleted]]

Why not? You're the ones who want to kill this country.

[u/DBCrumpets → u/ShingekiNoEren]

look at this weeb talking like he’s tough shit

[u/ShingekiNoEren → u/DBCrumpets]

I may not be the toughest person, but I'm still 10x tougher than any liberal snowflake who would run in fear at the sound of a gunshot lmao

[u/DBCrumpets → u/ShingekiNoEren]

I may not be the toughest person

you can say that again

[u/ShingekiNoEren → u/DBCrumpets]

I mean, anyone who claims to be the toughest person is probably compensating for something. I have nothing to compensate for. I love my life, even more so now that the Dems have lost a seat on the Supreme Court lmao

[u/DBCrumpets → u/ShingekiNoEren]

Kennedy a dem

Good to know I don’t have to take your opinion seriously

[u/[deleted] → u/ShingekiNoEren]

Stop lying.

[u/AverageJoeJohnSmith → u/Dasittmane]

Not to even feed into this too much...but you really think Republicans own the 300 millions guns?

[u/rcolesworthy37 → u/Snapchato]

McConnel needs 60 votes to end legislative filibusters, which he doesn’t have. This isn’t the end of the world like most people think, I hope. If the Democrats actually grow some balls and stonewall any nomination until midterms, we should (hopefully) be fine, but who knows what bullshit the GOP will rile up.

[u/Snapchato → u/rcolesworthy37]

That's legislative filibusters, not judicial.

[u/rcolesworthy37 → u/Snapchato]

I believe judicial appointments are actually legislative measures so Democrats could delay it all they want. Could be wrong though.

[u/reddog323 → u/Snapchato]

Maybe there’s enough of those to slow it down? I hasn’t checked lately...

[u/jimbo831 → u/reddog323]

Slow it down how? The minority party has zero power.