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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the bench on July 31, he announced Wednesday.
The news means that President Donald Trump will get to nominate another justice, further tilting the court to the right, potentially for decades to come.
"It has been the greatest honor and privilege to serve our nation in the federal judiciary for 43 years, 30 of those years on the Supreme Court," Kennedy said in a statement.
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