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    Justice Kennedy to retire, giving Trump chance to shift Supreme Court sharply right

    by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Jun 27, 2018 6 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the Supreme Court centrist who for a generation has cast the deciding vote in the biggest cases, plans to retire, giving President Donald Trump a chance to shift the court sharply to the right.

    Kennedy, 81, will depart effective July 31, the court said in a statement Wednesday.

    Kennedy's decision to step down offers conservatives the opportunity they have long sought to lock in a reliable five-member majority on the high court. And for them, it comes at an ideal time, since Republicans control the Senate and have voted in unison to confirm most of Trump's conservative court nominees.

    With five solid conservatives, the justices could repeal the right to abortion, expand protections for gun owners, narrow gay rights and strengthen the president's power to arrest and deport immigrants who are here illegally.

    Kennedy's departure caps what was already one of the most difficult terms for liberals in

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