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Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on Supreme Court  Politico Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions  The New York Times Retired Justice Kennedy ‘Astounded’ by ‘Partisan’ Supreme Court Rulings  Newsweek Supreme Court Justice Blasts Rise of Vulgarity in Trump’s America  The Daily Beast “Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions” (Including a New …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday he was troubled that partisanship seemed to be “creeping its way into the court,” and that the state of political discourse in the country has gotten so vulgar and vile that he worries for the country. The tone of recent opinions bothers him more than outcomes of cases, Kennedy …