Speaker 1: On April, New York Times editorial board went into a panic.
Speaker 1: They'd heard rumors that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy planned
Speaker 1: to retire. Their editorial that day was an open letter
Speaker 1: to Justice Kennedy, begging him to stay because American needed him.
Speaker 1: They used flattery, They praised him as the most powerful
Speaker 1: member of the Court because he was willing to side
Speaker 1: with liberals when it mattered. They used fear. They told
Speaker 1: Kennedy that Republicans were already smelling blood a chance to
Speaker 1: put another Gorsetch like conservative on the bench, someone who
Speaker 1: would lock in a right wing majority for a lifetime.
Speaker 1: And they used their trump card. They asked Justice Kennedy
Speaker 1: if he was really willing to hand President Trump, who
Speaker 1: desecrates civility and decorum, the chance to fill his seat.
Speaker 1: Think about your legacy, Justice Kennedy. Well, eight weeks later
Speaker 1: the New York Times editors and everybody else got Justice
Speaker 1: Kennedy's answer. All their flattery, all they're whining, all of
Speaker 1: their begging, all their fear tactics went nowhere. Justice Kennedy
Speaker 1: is officially retiring, and President Trump gets to pick his successor.
Speaker 1: And Trump went out there and said that Kennedy told
Speaker 1: him that he was glad to be retiring so that
Speaker 1: Trump could choose his successor. That had to really rub
Speaker 1: the times raw after all of their efforts. Sometimes there
Speaker 1: are happy endings. Folks, keep the faith. M