The Supreme Court Loses Its Swing Vote

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🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Justice Anthony Kennedy, often considered the Supreme Court’s ideological center, announced that he would retire this summer. His departure could fundamentally change the direction of the court. Guests: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, a congressional correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaran.
0:02.4	This is the Daily.
0:03.8	-♪
0:09.2	Today, Justice Anthony Kennedy
0:12.4	announces his retirement.
0:14.9	What it means for the court to lose its only swing vote.
0:25.4	It's Thursday, June 28.
0:28.0	June 27, 2018, my dear Mr. President, this letter is respectful and formal notification
0:39.6	of my decision, effective July 31 of this year, to end my regular active service as an
0:46.0	associate justice of the Supreme Court.
0:50.2	For a member of the legal profession, it is the highest of honors to serve on this court.
0:55.4	Please permit me by this letter to express my profound gratitude for having had the privilege
1:00.8	to seek in each case how best to know, interpret and defend the Constitution and the laws
1:07.4	that must always conform to its mandates and promises respectfully and sincerely,
1:14.0	Anthony M. Kennedy.
1:15.5	Adam, what did you think when you read that letter from Justice Kennedy telling the
1:26.1	world that he would step down from the court?
1:29.5	I thought there goes my summer.
1:31.5	What do you mean?
1:34.5	This is an earthquake.
1:38.1	Adam Lipteck covers the Supreme Court for the times.
1:43.9	This is the biggest story in a big news environment in a long time.
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