On that court, he announced his retirement effective next month. That means that the makeup of the court could move to the right. You can bet that President Trumps nominee to replace kennedy is going to be someone at least as conservative, probably significantly more conservative than him. That could mean we are gearing up for one heck of a political fight. Kennedy has been the deciding vote on landmark cases involving affirmative action, abortion, the Death Penalty, samesex marriage just to name a few of the hot of the buttons he has touched. President trump says the process to pick kennedys replace men will begin immediately. That pick will need to be affirmed in the senate where republicans have a 51 had been 49 edge right now. And with senator mccain battling brain cancer the count is closer to 5049. Democrats are likely on the other hand have to pull out all the stops if they want to hold this up. I do mean pull out all the stops. Remember, democrats lost the power to Filibuster S