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Kennedy Warns Partisanship Threatens Supreme Court's Integrity

10/9/2025

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Anthony Kennedy, retired Supreme Court Justice, warns rising partisanship and vulgar discourse threaten the Supreme Court.
He urges criticizing opinions, not justices, noting attacks among jurists.
In Life, Law & Liberty, his memoir, he reflects on career and his son's death.
He says President Trump was gracious but intemperate, and denies retirement talks, though the White House consulted judicial nominees.

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Anthony Kennedy, retired Supreme Court Justice, warns rising partisanship and vulgar discourse threaten the Supreme Court.
He urges criticizing opinions, not justices, noting attacks among jurists.
In Life, Law & Liberty, his memoir, he reflects on career and his son's death.
He says President Trump was gracious but intemperate, and denies retirement talks, though the White House consulted judicial nominees.