Pacific in the Press | July 3, 2018

Quote of the Week

I feel like he’s the LeBron James of law teachers this summer; every law school in the country will be trying to get him to teach at their school.

— Michael Hunter Schwartz, Above the Law, June 29, 2018

The news that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has taught at McGeorge since 1965, announced his retirement from the bench dominated the news cycle for several days. Here is a sample of additional coverage that included interviews with McGeorge Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Morrison England Jr. '77, '83, McGeorge's Clark Kelso, Leslie Gielow Jacobs, Larry Levine and others, or mentions of McGeorge and Pacific:

"Kennedy's Supreme Court Retirement Brings Fond Remembrance In Sacramento," CBS 13 (KOVR, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto), June 27, 2018

"Will Retiring Supreme Court Justice Return To His Sacramento Roots?," CBS 13 (KOVR, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto), June 27, 2018

"Longtime Friend Says Justice Kennedy May Visit His Sacramento Roots Following Retirement," Fox 40, June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy played an unexpectedly pivotal role at the Supreme Court," The Sacramento Bee, June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy loves Sacramento, but friends doubt he'll retire in his hometown," The Sacramento Bee, June 27, 2018

"With Justice Kennedy's retirement, McGeorge School of Law extends invitation to teach," Sacramento Business Journal, June 27, 2018

"Just Like LeBron James, Justice Anthony Kennedy Is Now A 'Free Agent'," Above the Law, June 29, 2018

"Pacific McGeorge Law Hopes to See More of Kennedy Post-SCOTUS," The Recorder, June 27, 2018 (Free registration required for five stories per month.)

"Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement From The Supreme Court," The Huffington Post, June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy played an unexpectedly pivotal role at the Supreme Court," McClatchy DC Bureau, June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy played unexpectedly pivotal role at Supreme Court," Boston Herald, June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy played an unexpectedly pivotal role at the Supreme Court," The Modesto Bee, June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy's Career To End, It Began In Sacto," KFBK, June 27, 2018

"Former Clerks React to Kennedy Retirement News," The Recorder, June 27, 2018 (Free registration required for five stories per month.)

"Justice Kennedy retiring; Trump gets 2nd Supreme Court pick," KCTV (Kansas City, Kansas), June 27, 2018

"Justice Kennedy retiring; Trump gets 2nd Supreme Court pick," Fox 10 (Mobile, Alabama), June 27, 2018

"A 'view' from the courtroom: A river runs through it," SCOTUSblog, June 27, 2018

"Tribute: Justice Kennedy's genius," SCOTUSblog, June 28, 2018

"Justice Kennedy and the 4 Supreme Court rulings that changed gay life in America," The Washington Post via The Portland Press Herald, June 27, 2018

"The interesting link between Justice Kennedy and Salzburg," Glennbeck.com, June 27, 2018

"Anthony Kennedy, crucial Supreme Court swing vote, retiring after 3 decades," Mypanhandle.com (Panama City, Florida), June 27, 2018