Kennedy’s Retirement Puts Abortion Ruling in Striking Distance for Conservatives
- Trump nominee could provide vote to overturn 1973’s Roe v Wade
- Freeing states to ban abortion is longtime Republican goal
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Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court puts conservatives in striking distance of one of their most cherished goals: overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling.
The court’s swing vote for the past dozen years, Kennedy sided with his liberal colleagues on gay rights and sometimes on discrimination and the death penalty. His Donald Trump-appointed successor could shift the court to right on each of those issues.