Another Supreme Court Vacancy? By Dan Spencer | 7:30 PM on November 12, 2016 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Three pieces of information have some saying Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is planning to retire next year. The events were highlighted in a tweet by Adam Liptak, Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times: Advertisement Kennedy skips Salzburg, slows clerk hiring and sets early reunion, suggesting retirement. #Scotus statement to @davidlat seems to rebut. https://t.co/luBNfPD7YX — Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) November 11, 2016 The Salzburg reference is to McGeorge Law’s Summer Program in Salzburg, Austria. At Above the Law, David Lat reports that upon hearing this rumor a few weeks ago he checked his sources and determined that there wasn’t sufficient substance to merit a story about it the rumor. But after the Donald Trump won the presidential election, and after two former clerks to Justice Scalia, Ed Whelan and Ian Samuel, tweeted about the possibility of another vacancy on the Supreme Court, Dat checked with the Supreme Court’s Public Information Office. A spokesperson for the Court told the following: Justice Kennedy is in the process of hiring clerks for 2017. The Justice didn’t go to Salzburg this past summer because it conflicted with some plans with his family, but he is scheduled to return to teach there in 2017. The reunion is scheduled for the end of this Term because the Justice’s law clerks wanted to hold it during the Justice’s 80th year to mark his birthday. Advertisement That convinced Lat that the rumor was just that. But Lat does point out that it is possible that Justice Kennedy actually is planning to retire next year, but doesn’t want the world to know just yet. With Justices Ginsburg and Kennedy in their 80’s and Justice Breyer in his late 70’s, any of them might leave the Court during the Trump Presidency. Share Post A California farm boy, RedState senior contributing editor based in South Florida, family guy, retired lawyer, and RedState member since 2004. Read more by Dan Spencer Tags: ANTHONY KENNEDY RUTH BADER GINSBURG STEPHEN BREYER SUPREME COURT Recommended Report: 'Operation Hide Joe Biden' Takes a Troubling Turn After Pathetic Speech on Pro-Hamas Protests Sister Toldjah Jonathan Turley's Response to Iranian University Offering Scholarships to Antisemitic Students Is Gold Mike Miller Dazed and Confused: President Biden Lands in Charlotte, Promptly Gets Lost Ward Clark WATCH: UCLA Activists Arrested, Unmasked, Crying, 'Don't Fail Us' Nick Arama DC Isn't a Swamp, but a Tar Pit: Case Study, Alaska's Mary Peltola Ward Clark NYPD Chief of Patrol's Perfect Response to Leftist Official's Tantrum Over Columbia Police Crackdown Nick Arama Join the conversation as a VIP Member Login to Leave a Comment Trending on RedState Videos Advertisement Trending 1 Report: 'Operation Hide Joe Biden' Takes a Troubling Turn After Pathetic Speech on Pro-Hamas Protests 2 Jonathan Turley's Response to Iranian University Offering Scholarships to Antisemitic Students Is Gold 3 Dazed and Confused: President Biden Lands in Charlotte, Promptly Gets Lost 4 WATCH: UCLA Activists Arrested, Unmasked, Crying, 'Don't Fail Us' 5 DC Isn't a Swamp, but a Tar Pit: Case Study, Alaska's Mary Peltola Don't Try This in SEC Country: Ole Miss Students Wreck Pro-Hamas Protest, Chant 'We Want Trump!' Bob Hoge Should Trump and the GOP Make Foreign Aid a Loan Tied to a Nation's Natural Resources? Ward Clark NYPD Chief of Patrol's Perfect Response to Leftist Official's Tantrum Over Columbia Police Crackdown Nick Arama New 'Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus' Could Result in More Property Rights Abuses Jeff Charles VIDEO: Jewish UCLA Student Says Pro-Hamas Encampment Was Never Peaceful, Calls Out School's Antisemitism Jennifer Van Laar UCLA Med School Students Are Taught That Modern Science Is 'White Science' by Pro-Hamas Lecturer Alex Parker Advertisement