THIS IS HUGE.
OMG I LITERALLY HAVE GOOSEBUMPS.
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, precipitating a generational political fight over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kennedy’s departure was announced Wednesday morning, after the justices released the final decisions of its current term.
This hands Trump a SECOND SCOTUS pick.
My hands are literally shaking. I get this excited about stuff, ok?
KENNEDY RETIRES. THIS IS HUGE.
— Ashley “Kimber” D. (@RedIsTheNewPunk) June 27, 2018
Kennedy, a Ronald Reagan appointee, has served on the high court for 30 years. He was selected to succeed Justice Lewis Powell after Reagan’s first two nominees — Judges Robert Bork and Douglas Ginsburg — met chilly receptions in Washington. Democrats styled Bork an arch-reactionary and rejected his nomination in a humiliation floor vote, while Ginsburg withdrew after accounts of his past marijuana use appeared in the press.
Kennedy’s retirement will prompt the most ferocious confirmation battle of recent memory, as his departure under a Republican president places the right’s long-eluded Supreme Court majority within reach.
THIS IS ABOUT TO GET INSANE.