Court Watchers Predict Kennedy’s Replacement

The speculation has begun on whom President Donald Trump will nominate to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

Kennedy announced his retirement June 27, after serving for 43 years in the federal judiciary and 30 on the high court.

The president said June 27 he will make his selection from his list of 25 potential nominees that he released during the campaign and has updated.

Four names came up repeatedly in a Bloomberg Law informal poll of courtwatchers:

• Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia;
• Judge Thomas M. ...