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The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy jeopardizes the future of progressive America

Written by: Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Anthony Kennedy, 81, will be retiring on July 31, after 30 years. Although he is a Republican appointed by former president Ronald Reagan, and was unreliable on many issues, he did hold more liberal views regarding some things, including abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and Obamacare. His retirement could possibly end progressive America as we know it. In the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Kennedy cast the swing vote needed to uphold the clauses affirmed by Roe v. Wade (1973), which gave…

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