[20180831]LSB10160_最高法院提名：CRS产品.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Supreme Court Nomination: CRS Products Updated August 31, 2018 On June 27, 2018, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, effective July 31, 2018, ending a thirty-year tenure on the Court. On July 9, 2017, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Kennedys retirement. Below are key CRS products on the judicial decisions of Justice Kennedy and Judge Kavanaugh, as well as information on Supreme Court vacancies and nominations. Please contact Caitlain Devereaux Lewis, Andrew Nolan, Barry McMillion, or the authors of the following products with questions about the Supreme Court vacancy. Justice Kennedy and His Impact on the Law CRS Report R45256, Justice Anthony Kennedy: His Jurisprudence and the Future of the Court, by Andrew Nolan, Kevin M. Lewis, and Valerie C. Brannon CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10159, Justice Kennedy Retires: Initial Considerations for Congress, by Andrew Nolan and Michael John Garcia CRS Legal Sidebar LSB 10185, Ab