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One of the most monumental duties that fall to the president of the United States is appointing justices to the Supreme Court. A president serves a maximum of eight years—if he or she is reelected. But the justices that presidents nominate to the Supreme Court can keep their jobs for life. Their decisions on whether laws are constitutional have a lasting impact on the country long after the president who put them forward for the job has left office.
Anthony Kennedy, a former justice on the nine-member court, served for 30 years before announcing his retirement this past summer. In July, President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh, a