Why Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement matters so much

For supporters of Hillary Clinton, it was the worst moment since the night they sat under a glass ceiling at the Javits Center in New York, waiting for the victory speech that never came.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, so often the “swing vote” between liberal and conservative viewpoints, announced his retirement.
This was the event that Clinton supporters had dreaded and battled to avoid, writing checks and warning each other that if a Republican won the White House, his app