WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Kennedy Considers Retirement (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I was time for our daily Bloomberg labrary for

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<v Speaker 1>exploring legal issues in the news, and today, Bloomberg Law

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<v Speaker 1>host Jon Grosso and Michael Best speak with the Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>Law co host and Supreme Court reporter Greg Store about

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<v Speaker 1>the possibility of Justice Anthony Kennedy's retiring. Greg, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you hearing about Justice Kennedy? Well, I've been spending some

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<v Speaker 1>time talking to some former law clerks, and there's definitely

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<v Speaker 1>a difference of opinion as to whether he will retire

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of this year. It is certainly at

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<v Speaker 1>least a possibility that those of us who care about

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<v Speaker 1>the court are going to have to watch for. There

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<v Speaker 1>are a few signs he's scheduled his law clerk reunion

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<v Speaker 1>a year earlier than he normally would uh and in

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<v Speaker 1>the very end, at the very end of the term.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's at least possible that that that reunion the

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<v Speaker 1>last weekend of June will be right around the time

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<v Speaker 1>he makes an announcement. I don't know for sure, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm certainly going to be paying attention. Kennedy is the

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<v Speaker 1>most important person on that court because he has been

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<v Speaker 1>the he is the swing vote, and he's certainly back

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<v Speaker 1>in that position. Would he want to give up that power? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a real question, June. And and for for those

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<v Speaker 1>people who say, no, I don't think he's going to retire,

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<v Speaker 1>that's one of the biggest things that they point to.

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<v Speaker 1>He has been since twenty six the most important justice

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<v Speaker 1>on this court, the swing justice on so many issues.

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<v Speaker 1>And if Justice Corsage is anything like what what everyone

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<v Speaker 1>is expecting, he will be Justice Kennedy will stay right

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the court. Um. And so when

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<v Speaker 1>the court takes up um, you know, cases involving the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's travel band, voter id laws, religious rights, and and

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<v Speaker 1>and gay rights. Uh, there's a good chance he will

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<v Speaker 1>be right in the middle again. And he and you

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<v Speaker 1>may not want to give that up just yet. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of Justice Gorcich, we call him that now is

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to be on the court. Uh, He's going

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<v Speaker 1>to start very soon here in cases. What's on the

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<v Speaker 1>docket for Justice gorciag and the rest of justices to

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<v Speaker 1>hear as he takes the bench. He's had an awful

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<v Speaker 1>lot to learn in the past week. They have seven cases,

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<v Speaker 1>three of them on Monday. The biggest one that he

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<v Speaker 1>gonna here is a church state case that has to

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<v Speaker 1>do with a Missouri funding program for for playgrounds, and

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<v Speaker 1>Missouri said that, cording to our constitution, we can't give

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<v Speaker 1>the money to a church that wanted this this money

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<v Speaker 1>for resurfacing playgrounds. Uh. And so everybody's gonna be watching

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<v Speaker 1>to see, you know, what, what sorts of questions we

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<v Speaker 1>get from justice corsets and any indications about what type

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<v Speaker 1>of justice is going to be. And that's Bloomberg Law

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<v Speaker 1>co host and Supreme Court reporter Greg Store speaking with

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<v Speaker 1>the Bloomberg Law host Doing Grosso and Michael Best. You

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court Neil Gorsch, we'll hear a crucial case about

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<v Speaker 1>the separation of church and state in his first week

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<v Speaker 1>on the job. A Missouri church has challenged the state's

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<v Speaker 1>decision to exclude it from a program that provides money

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<v Speaker 1>to use ground up tires in playgrounds. The decision could

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<v Speaker 1>make it easier to use state money for private religious schooling.

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