How Justice Anthony Kennedy's Retirement From the Supreme Court Could Erode Women's Rights →
Presidents come and go, but Supreme Court justices last a lifetime—and their rulings can affect women for generations to come.
The privilege of nominating a high court judge now falls to President Donald Trump for the second time with the coming retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Trump has vowed to put conservative judges on the bench, and he kept that promise when he chose Neil Gorsuch to replace the late Antonin Scalia last year. In choosing Kennedy’s replacement, Trump could shift the court further to the right, changing the landscape on issues affecting American women—including abortion rights—and could fire up both sides of the aisle in an already tumultuous election year.