--- title: Seth Meyers Reacts to Justice Anthony Kennedy Retiring description: Seth Meyers has one simple request for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in the wake of his announcement that he is retiring in July. canonical: https://time.com/5325046/seth-meyers-justice-anthony-kennedy-retiring/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-28T14:58:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:32:36.272Z og:title: Seth Meyers Wants Kennedy to Stick Around for New President og:description: The Supreme Court justice announced he is retiring in July og:url: https://time.com/5325046/seth-meyers-justice-anthony-kennedy-retiring/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa57b96529b928f/698934288fd2ee415235c018/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-10-24-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1183&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1183 og:image:height: 665 og:image:alt: Seth-Meyers-Justice-Anthony-Kennedy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Wants Kennedy to Stick Around for New President twitter:description: The Supreme Court justice announced he is retiring in July twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa57b96529b928f/698934288fd2ee415235c018/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-10-24-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1183&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers Implores Justice Anthony Kennedy to Stick Around Until There's a New President > Sponsored content. 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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire this July, paving the way for a possible confirmation showdown in Congress over President Donald Trump’s eventual pick to replace him._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 28, 2018 2:58 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 28, 2018 2:58 PM UTC Seth Meyers has one simple request for [Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy](http://time.com/5323824/anthony-kennedy-retiring-supreme-court-trump/) in the wake of his announcement that [he is retiring](http://time.com/5324529/donald-trump-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court/) in July. During the opening monologue of Wednesday’s episode of _Late Night_, Meyers implored Justice Kennedy to hold on to his seat on the Supreme Court bench until America reached one particular milestone. “Justice Kennedy, what are you doing retiring, man? You have a great job where you barely work, you get to wear a robe all day and give your opinions on stuff. That basically is retirement. Stick around at least until we get a new president—six months tops,” Meyers quipped as a photo of special counsel Robert Mueller appeared on-screen. Kennedy, 81, was nominated in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and served 30 years on the Supreme Court, where he was known as a [centrist influence](http://time.com/5323863/justice-anthony-kennedy-retirement-time-cover/) and key swing vote. “It has been the greatest honor and privilege to serve our nation in the federal judiciary for 43 years, 30 of those years on the Supreme Court,” he said in a statement Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] He is a man that I have known for a long time and a man that I have respected for a long time. He's been a great justice of the Supreme Court. And he's displayed tremendous vision and Tremendous heart and he will be missed but he will be retiring, and we will begin our search for a new justice of United States Supreme Court that will begin Immediately. 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