Outside the Beltway

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

With Justice Kennedy retiring, the new center of the Roberts Court is likely to be the Chief Justice himself.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

It’s been eight years since we’ve seen a Supreme Court retirement, and despite speculation there were none announced today.

With the end of the Supreme Court term approaching, speculation about a Kennedy retirement is ramping up again.

Republicans are planning on pushing judicial nominees through the Senate in case they lose control in November. Meanwhile, the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy raises the stakes.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.