Anthony Kennedy was no moderate. Justice Kennedy’s retirement cements his legacy as an enabler of Trump’s pro-business, racist, anti-woman agenda. Anthony Kennedy’s great legacy: His exit. Anthony Kennedy was a horrible justice, and his last decision was his worst. Justice Kennedy surrendered to Donald Trump. Chief Justice John Roberts is now the Supreme Court’s swing vote. Jonathan Chait on the Republican court and the era of minority rule. Tierney Sneed on the key legal issues Anthony Kennedy’s retirement suddenly puts in play. America after Anthony Kennedy: What Kennedy’s departure from the Supreme Court will mean for abortion, gay rights, and more. Kennedy’s retirement will have huge consequences for minorities and women (and more). The Supreme Court is returning us to the Gilded Age — and it’s about to get worse.
Democrats sat out the 2014 midterms and lost the Supreme Court for a generation. It’s time for term limits for Supreme Court justices: Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is a reminder that the US is unlike every other democracy in the world. Schumer: GOP should follow McConnell precedent, no SCOTUS vote in ’18. Mitch McConnell’s politics of shamelessness have won: Nobody likes him, but he’s the most effective politician of his time.
