SCJ - Anthony Kennedy

Garet Jax · Feb 7, 2017

Given that he is 80 years old, would he ever resign now to give Trump a chance to replace him with someone younger? Right now the left has 2/3 oldest justices and if Trump can get 8 years of Presidency, then he a good chance of replacing Breyer and/or Ginsburg.

If he is able to also replace Kennedy, then we could establish SCJ for the next generation.

Sundazes · Feb 7, 2017

Not to be a smart a$$, but given the age if these folks, Trump might be replacing them at any point.

redeemed.man · Feb 7, 2017

sundazes said:
Not to be a smart a$$, but given the age if these folks, Trump might be replacing them at any point.

I bet none die of "natural causes" with a pillow over the face during the Trump administration...

Mr H · Feb 7, 2017

I've said before that, considering the actuarial makeup of the Court, 4 or 5 justices over 8 years is not out of the question... which is why gaining 5-8 seats in the Senate becomes critical in '18

Mad_Max · Feb 7, 2017

Two of Kennedy, Breyer or RBG would be nice. Replace with younger justices in the Scalia mold we will be good to go.

iH8DemLibz · Feb 7, 2017

It was mentioned once before by Mr. Trump that he may look at a middle-of-the-road judge next time around, but this time around will be Scalia-ish.

He may replace Conservative for Conservative. Liberal for Liberal.

Not fond of that scenario, but his call.

rockstarr · Feb 7, 2017

iH8DemLibz said:
It was mentioned once before by Mr. Trump that he may look at a middle-of-the-road judge next time around, but this time around will be Scalia-ish.

He may replace Conservative for Conservative. Liberal for Liberal.

Not fond of that scenario, but his call.

he has got to be nuts if that's how he does it. that would be a liberal wet dream. I personally think he wouldn't do it that way but if he did, his own party would chastise him for it.

rambling_one · Feb 7, 2017

iH8DemLibz said:
It was mentioned once before by Mr. Trump that he may look at a middle-of-the-road judge next time around, but this time around will be Scalia-ish.

He may replace Conservative for Conservative. Liberal for Liberal.

Not fond of that scenario, but his call.

Strike while the iron's hot! Miss out and the brand may not as clear as it should be.

iH8DemLibz · Feb 7, 2017

rockstarr said:
he has got to be nuts if that's how he does it. that would be a liberal wet dream. I personally think he wouldn't do it that way but if he did, his own party would chastise him for it.

I couldn't agree more.

If there was a way to identify a Republican at conception, they should be nominated to SCOTUS while in the embryonic stage.

Then we'd have a Conservative Judge until at least 2097.

press1280 · Feb 7, 2017

I believe he's publicly stated he wants to retire when a GOP president is in office.

GodOfVice · Feb 7, 2017

Kennedy was a flop of an appointment, hopefully Ginsberg will be hit by sunlight, Kennedy retires, Kagen and Sotomayor give each other a social disease and McConnel nukes all into orbit. (thanks Crazy Harry) STACK IT while the stacking is good!

Mr H · Feb 7, 2017

iH8DemLibz said:
It was mentioned once before by Mr. Trump that he may look at a middle-of-the-road judge next time around, but this time around will be Scalia-ish.

He may replace Conservative for Conservative. Liberal for Liberal.

Not fond of that scenario, but his call.

That would be the political pressure move.

My dream scenario would be to bump up the Senate numbers, and replace Conservative with Conservative. Liberal with Moderate.

swinokur · Feb 7, 2017

yes, exercise the nuclear option and fill the court with as many originalists like Scalia as he can.

There is no working across the aisle with these comitted leftist.

They must be utterly defeated, and dumped on the ash heap of history

traveller · Feb 7, 2017

abeaty said:
Given that he is 80 years old, would he ever resign now to give Trump a chance to replace him with someone younger? Right now the left has 2/3 oldest justices and if Trump can get 8 years of Presidency, then he a good chance of replacing Breyer and/or Ginsburg.

If he is able to also replace Kennedy, then we could establish SCJ for the next generation.

The size of the supreme court is not limited in the constitution. A president Keity Ellison with a willing senate leader Al Franken can expand the court to 13 justices and render the conservatives harmless.

Mr H · Feb 7, 2017

FDR tried that.

rockstarr · Feb 8, 2017

Mr H said:
FDR tried that.

and failed I assume?

maybe Kennedy will inform trump he is retiring soon.

it would be great if at a min he got to replace kennedy and Ginsberg in addition to scalia, although I will certainly miss him on the court.

I remember when the liberals were trying to pressure Ginsberg into retiring, now they are probably begging her to hold on for dear life...

press1280 · Feb 8, 2017

Mr H said:
FDR tried that.

Well didn't he threaten that, but then the court ended up ruling in his favor over whatever the issue was to begin with?

GlocksAndPatriots · Feb 8, 2017

Mr H said:
That would be the political pressure move.

My dream scenario would be to bump up the Senate numbers, and replace Conservative with Conservative. Liberal with Moderate.

Why? A Republican replacing any judge with anyone but a conservative is lunacy.

Mr H · Feb 8, 2017

GlocksAndPatriots said:
Why? A Republican replacing any judge with anyone but a conservative is lunacy.

Please revisit the post I was responding to...

fidelity · Feb 8, 2017

abeaty said:
Given that he is 80 years old, would he ever resign now to give Trump a chance to replace him with someone younger? Right now the left has 2/3 oldest justices and if Trump can get 8 years of Presidency, then he a good chance of replacing Breyer and/or Ginsburg.

If he is able to also replace Kennedy, then we could establish SCJ for the next generation.

Rumors from those around Kennedy indicate that he's planning to retire, perhaps announcing this summer. It's also been said that he might be influenced on how the Gorsuch nomination goes, and whether Gorsuch makes it through without the need to go nuclear. Kennedy has an ego, and wants to preserve some of his rulings where he sided with the court liberals. If the nuclear option gets exercised, it's almost certain that if Kennedy retired, Trump would put up whomever he/Sessions/etc wants, which could be Pryor, whose judicial leanings are quite different from Kennedy. This might cause Kennedy to delay. Thus I hope Gorsuch gets through after some hearings, but with support of 60 Senators, and there is no need to go nuclear at this point.

I would love to see a Hardiman (a gun rights champion) nomination for Kennedy's seat, should he step down. Kennedy might even like Hardiman's hard scrabble background, from a Catholic family.

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