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  Report: Kennedy will stay on high court until at least 2012
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News DateTuesday, July 6, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionSupreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy plans to stay on the bench until at least 2012, according to a report.

Kennedy has told friends and family that he plans to remain a member of the Supreme Court for at least three more years, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. That would keep the 74-year-old justice on the bench through the remainder of President Barack Obama's first term.

The Reagan appointee is seen as a centrist member of the court who leans to the right and whose vote is often decisive in high-profile cases. If Obama were to encounter an opportunity to replace Kennedy — or any of the four other justices who are seen as more reliably conservative than Kennedy — it could significantly shift the balance of the high court away from conservatives, who have dominated for some time now.
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