Paul Collins, 2015 PEP Fellow, comments in MassLive and the San Francisco Chronicle on the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and what lies ahead for the nomination and confirmation procedures of his successor on the court. He says that the president and the Republicans “will have to determine if they want to hold confirmation hearings for a Trump nominee before the November elections. If they do so, they will certainly be criticized by Democrats for trying to rush a nominee through before the public has a chance to weigh in on the makeup of the Senate. If they choose to wait until the November elections, it is likely that the vacancy will be a rallying point for get-out-the-vote efforts for both the Democratic and Republican parties.”