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In reply to the discussion: Anthony Kennedy should be investigated -was he bought off? [View all]onenote
(42,685 posts)56. If you do some research, you'll learn that retiring SCOTUS Justices often have hired clerks
Kennedy completed his hiring of clerks for 2018 before the end of last year (2017). It would have been foolish for him not to prepare for various contingencies. For example, what if another justice had died and his retirement potentially could have left the court with two vacancies simultaneously. What if he hadn't made his mind up firmly last fall but only came to a decision as the term wore on.
His age, timing and other actions are squarely within the norm for SCOTUS Justices who decide to retire.
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That may well be the case BUT, as the supposed block between a full attempt to strike down of Roe v
OnDoutside
Jun 2018
#9
Supreme Court justices almost invariably retire in time for a replacement to be named before the
onenote
Jun 2018
#10
Yes, you are right, but there is no more fundamental issue out there than Row v Wade. It's what has
OnDoutside
Jun 2018
#11
Yes but the new justice would likely be a RWNJ, so it wouldn't be stupid. Plus if by some chance,
OnDoutside
Jun 2018
#48
Yes, from a RW conservative pov, yes. But Row v Wade is the single most defining issue, and I cannot
OnDoutside
Jun 2018
#57
Sure. But why ignore the fact the Kennedy's son is Trump's banker at money laundering Deutsche Bank?
SunSeeker
Jun 2018
#35
Kennedy's son was Trump's "most trusted personal banker" for a dozen years at
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#33
Because dreaming up conspiracy theoreis without any evidence makes us look weird.
aikoaiko
Jun 2018
#39
Trump and Kushner already had big and deep financial ties to Kennedy's family.
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#58
If you do some research, you'll learn that retiring SCOTUS Justices often have hired clerks
onenote
Jun 2018
#56
He said he was referring to Presidents that are lame ducks.... until Mueller
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#29
"By pragmatic, I mean political reality. What they should do is not what they will do."
LenaBaby61
Jun 2018
#42
What makes you think he hasn't been interviewed by the Special Counsel's office.
underthematrix
Jun 2018
#31
I know one thing--if in the unlikely event there is some truth to this notion...
First Speaker
Jun 2018
#54