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