Speaker 1: Well, I was time for our daily Bloomberg labrary for
Speaker 1: exploring legal issues in the news, and today, Bloomberg Law
Speaker 1: host Jon Grosso and Michael Best speak with the Bloomberg
Speaker 1: Law co host and Supreme Court reporter Greg Store about
Speaker 1: the possibility of Justice Anthony Kennedy's retiring. Greg, what are
Speaker 1: you hearing about Justice Kennedy? Well, I've been spending some
Speaker 1: time talking to some former law clerks, and there's definitely
Speaker 1: a difference of opinion as to whether he will retire
Speaker 1: at the end of this year. It is certainly at
Speaker 1: least a possibility that those of us who care about
Speaker 1: the court are going to have to watch for. There
Speaker 1: are a few signs he's scheduled his law clerk reunion
Speaker 1: a year earlier than he normally would uh and in
Speaker 1: the very end, at the very end of the term.
Speaker 1: So it's at least possible that that that reunion the
Speaker 1: last weekend of June will be right around the time
Speaker 1: he makes an announcement. I don't know for sure, but
Speaker 1: I'm certainly going to be paying attention. Kennedy is the
Speaker 1: most important person on that court because he has been
Speaker 1: the he is the swing vote, and he's certainly back
Speaker 1: in that position. Would he want to give up that power? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a real question, June. And and for for those
Speaker 1: people who say, no, I don't think he's going to retire,
Speaker 1: that's one of the biggest things that they point to.
Speaker 1: He has been since twenty six the most important justice
Speaker 1: on this court, the swing justice on so many issues.
Speaker 1: And if Justice Corsage is anything like what what everyone
Speaker 1: is expecting, he will be Justice Kennedy will stay right
Speaker 1: in the middle of the court. Um. And so when
Speaker 1: the court takes up um, you know, cases involving the
Speaker 1: Trump's travel band, voter id laws, religious rights, and and
Speaker 1: and gay rights. Uh, there's a good chance he will
Speaker 1: be right in the middle again. And he and you
Speaker 1: may not want to give that up just yet. Well,
Speaker 1: speaking of Justice Gorcich, we call him that now is
Speaker 1: he's going to be on the court. Uh, He's going
Speaker 1: to start very soon here in cases. What's on the
Speaker 1: docket for Justice gorciag and the rest of justices to
Speaker 1: hear as he takes the bench. He's had an awful
Speaker 1: lot to learn in the past week. They have seven cases,
Speaker 1: three of them on Monday. The biggest one that he
Speaker 1: gonna here is a church state case that has to
Speaker 1: do with a Missouri funding program for for playgrounds, and
Speaker 1: Missouri said that, cording to our constitution, we can't give
Speaker 1: the money to a church that wanted this this money
Speaker 1: for resurfacing playgrounds. Uh. And so everybody's gonna be watching
Speaker 1: to see, you know, what, what sorts of questions we
Speaker 1: get from justice corsets and any indications about what type
Speaker 1: of justice is going to be. And that's Bloomberg Law
Speaker 1: co host and Supreme Court reporter Greg Store speaking with
Speaker 1: the Bloomberg Law host Doing Grosso and Michael Best. You
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Speaker 1: Supreme Court Neil Gorsch, we'll hear a crucial case about
Speaker 1: the separation of church and state in his first week
Speaker 1: on the job. A Missouri church has challenged the state's
Speaker 1: decision to exclude it from a program that provides money
Speaker 1: to use ground up tires in playgrounds. The decision could
Speaker 1: make it easier to use state money for private religious schooling.
Speaker 1: In South Korea, OUSTAD president bog Jun Hey has been
Speaker 1: indicted on corruption charges. Bach was arrested last month on
Speaker 1: bribery and a dozen other criminal charges. She's been in
Speaker 1: jail since then. A formal indictment clears the way for
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