Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sit for their official group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2017.
Seated (L-R): Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the US John G. Roberts, Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. Standing (L-R): Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced Wednesday he will retire at the end of July after 30 years on the Supreme Court, had an important role in deciding high-profile cases as the swing vote.
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Richard Lazarus, law professor at Harvard University, about Kennedy's legacy and how his retirement might reshape the Supreme Court.
