On Wednesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he would retire from the United States Supreme Court at the end of July. Kennedy’s retirement has been long-rumored and was made official with a short letter of resignation which he hand-delivered to President Donald Trump on the afternoon of the final day of the Court’s 2017-18 term. Kennedy has been widely characterized as the Court’s swing justice because of his liberal view on some issues and conservative view on others. The New York Times compiled a list of some of the Court’s major decisions where Kennedy’s vote was seen as decisive. Keep reading for more news. State of the Judiciary. Chief Justice Mark Martin recently delivered the 2018 State of the Judiciary address at the North Carolina Bar Association’s annual meeting. Among other things, Justice Martin highlighted progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice, including the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act. A transcript of his remarks is available here. Hate Crimes. Last year at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, James Alex Fields Jr. killed Heather Heyer and injured several others by driving his car into a group of people who were protesting the rally. On Wednesday, the Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury had indicted Fields for federal hate crimes arising from the incident. Fields already had been charged with first-degree murder in Virginia and is scheduled to go to trial later this [...]
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