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Anthony Kennedy is Retiring and The Left is Freaking Out

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🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement and the left is freaking out. Kennedy is seen as a swing vote who has sided with some pretty impactful left wing issues. But with his departure Trump has his second chance to nominate a supreme court justice.The left has responded in the obvious way, yelling and swearing, but the right has also responded in an obvious way, gloating.SUPPORT JOURNALISM. Become a patron athttp://www.patreon.com/TimcastSupport the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement. He is going to be leaving

0:06.6

effective July 31st. Naturally, the leftists freaking out because they're concerned that abortion

0:12.1

rights and gay marriage could get overturned if Donald Trump appoints a conservative justice to

0:18.2

the Supreme Court. This story is the perfect example of just how filthy, how absolutely disgusting

0:26.5

politics in the United States is because we have contradictory statements from Republicans

0:32.4

and we also have just absolutely awful snide mean-spirited comments from the left. Everybody can I

0:40.8

give you some advice? Man, you need to chill out. I understand the stakes are hot, but this story

0:46.6

really is bringing out the worst in everybody. Before we get started, please head over to patreon.com

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forward slash Tim Kest to become a patron. This is my full-time job and if you appreciate seeing

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my videos and want more on the ground reporting, then please consider supporting my work by becoming

1:05.6

a patron at any level you feel comfortable today. First, a bit of the facts. Anthony Kennedy

1:11.3

retiring from the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy will step down at the

1:16.2

end of July. The departure gives President Trump a second opportunity to fundamentally alter the

1:21.2

nation's top court for decades. Senate Republicans plans to move quickly on appointing a successor

1:27.4

as the two major parties fight for control of the Senate in November. CNBC says his departure could

1:33.2

have massive effects on U.S. policy, particularly on abortion rights and gay rights nationwide.

1:38.4

His announcement immediately raised question about how long the court would stand by its early

1:42.8

abortion rulings including Roe v Wade. Replacing Kennedy with a conservative could have a massive

1:48.2

long-term effect on the highest U.S. court. His decision to leave will have huge implications for

1:53.6

the midterm elections as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of the Senate. The chamber

1:58.4

confirmed Supreme Court justices. Kennedy was the second oldest member of the court. The oldest

2:04.1

Democrat Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 85 and has been treated for pancreatic cancer. The next oldest

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