Supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy, who has provided crucial swing votes in cases governing core progressive issues including abortion rights and same-sex marriage, announced his retirement on Wednesday in a decision likely to send shockwaves into every corner of US civic life.
The announcement set up a titanic battle between Republicans allied with Donald Trump, who wish to replace Kennedy with a more reliably conservative justice, and Democrats who fear that a new Trump appointment could give the court a decisive conservative bent for generations.
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Anthony Kennedy: US supreme court justice to retire
ETA: There more than a few legal pundits talking about how Roe v. Wade is almost certainly going to be overturned, along with Obergefell. Who knows, maybe Kitzmiller v. and Brown v. are at stake.
