'HOLY SH*T'! BREAKING: SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy is RETIRING

Dude. Dude:

NEWS: Justice Kennedy is retiring

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) June 27, 2018

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says he's retiring; Trump to get 2nd high-court pick .

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 27, 2018

BREAKING: Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire. https://t.co/jn8limUSe7 pic.twitter.com/P6rP8BXj6M

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 27, 2018

HUGE NEWS: Justice Kennedy, the swig vote in the Supreme Court for years, has announced his retirement.

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) June 27, 2018

Justice Kennedy is retiring? Yeah, we’d say that’s pretty huge.

wait wat https://t.co/fensdI3GRV

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 27, 2018

His retirement will reportedly be effective on July 31.

Twitchy will continue to monitor this story and update with developments.

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Update:

Justice Anthony Kennedy: "This letter is a respectful and formal notification of my decision, effective July 31 of this year, to end my regular active status as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court…" pic.twitter.com/akYFCfntr1

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 27, 2018

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Update:

'HEIL TRUMP!' Anthony Kennedy's impending SCOTUS retirement sends libs into a TAILSPIN https://t.co/VCMQkzdJhi

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 27, 2018