WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has adjourned for the summer without any sign that a justice is retiring.
Chief Justice John Roberts announced Wednesday that the court would return to the bench on Monday, Oct. 1, when the new term begins.
Justice Anthony Kennedy was seen as the most likely candidate to retire. He will turn 82 next month and the other justices around his age are part of the court’s liberal wing. They are not expected to leave voluntarily while President Donald Trump holds office.
It’s not too late for someone to call it quits. Justices Thurgood Marshall and Sandra Day O’Connor announced their retirements after the court had moved into its summer recess.
Thank FSM for that.
Please stay healthy, RBG!
Whether Kennedy stays or retires, it still must be said: Fuck the Fascist Five. Fuck them deep, hard and sans lube.
After this week, Kennedy may as well just be a Trump appointee anyway.
Actually, as a layperson, I would really, really appreciate a read on these SCOTUS decisions from some of the many talented lawyers we have here among the TPM denizens. They always bring in aspects that someone like me never considers (or is unaware of), and, personally, I benefit from their viewpoints…even if, sometimes, I wish they were not right.
Of course, sometimes they also calm me down when I overreact to things that are lawyerspeak and thus sound more gloom and doom than they are.
IMO the drump ban thing, wont have much impact, either will the crisis center thing. The public union thing though… will have a large impact, and further degrade workers rights.
My official legal opinion today is as follows:
or bust