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Prince Donald's influence on the Supreme Court. With all the commotion over Brett Kavanaugh's hearings, you probably missed this little interesting back story. It turns out it's not just The Federalist Society that's pulling the strings in the Supreme Court nomination process.

According to a new book by legal affairs writer David Kaplan, Donald Trump Jr. might have had a role in nudging Justice Anthony Kennedy to step down from the high court. Reports Tony Mauro of Law.com about Kaplan's book: “In considering whether to retire in 2018, Kennedy was 'pulled in different directions' by his children—son Justin, a conservative who was friendly with Donald Trump Jr., and daughter Kristin, politically left of her father.”