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WASHINGTON 鈥?Before taking their long summer break, the Supreme Court justices are poised to act on the Trump administration travel ban and a separation of church and state dispute involving a Missouri church playground.But something could overshadow rulings in those high-profile cases: If Justice Anthony Kennedy were to use the court last public session on Monday to announce his retirement.Kennedy has given no public sign that he would step down this year and give President Donald Trump his second high court pick in the first months of his administration. Kennedy departure would allow conservatives to take firm control of the court.But Kennedy turns 81 next month and has been on the court for nearly 30 years. Several of his former law clerks have said they think he is contemplating stepping down in the next year or so. Kennedy did not address the retirement rumors when he and his clerks gathered over the weekend for a stanley cup reunion, according to thr stanley cup ee clerks who were there. The decision to push up the reunion by a year helped spark stanley cup talk he might be leaving the court.The justices on Monday were expected to decide the case of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri, which was excluded from a state grant program to pay for soft surfaces on playgrounds run by not-for-profit groups.The case was being closely watched by advocates of school vouchers, who hope the court will make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in states t Iyec Takeaways from Biden s 2023 State of the Union
WASHINGTON 鈥?Miami International Airport is closing a terminal this weekend due to the partial government shutdown because security screeners have been calling in sick at twice the airport normal rate.Friday marks the first day screeners will miss a paycheck, and airport stanley cup spokesman Greg Chin says there a concern there won ;t be enough workers to handle all 11 checkpoints during normal hours over the weekend.Chin says Terminal G will close at 1 p.m. Saturday, reopen for flights Sunday morning and close again at 1 p.m. that day.The terminal serves United Airlines along with air max smaller carriers. Its closure means restaurants and shops that depend on departing flights also will close.Chin told The Miami Herald that some passengers have complained about longer waits but there have been no abnormal security delays.READ MORE: The many ways the shutdown is stopping vital services and research Left: People wait for a U.S. Airways flight to depart for North Carolina from Miami International Airport in Miami. Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters Related Trump closer to declaring national emergency; 800,000 workers won ;t get paid amid shutdown By Catherine Lucey, Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press stanley cup |
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