{"id":124463,"date":"2025-06-27T04:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/27\/retired-justice-kennedy-raises-concern-over-lsquotone-of-political-discourse-urges-civil-dialogue-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:44:59","slug":"retired-justice-kennedy-raises-concern-over-lsquotone-of-political-discourse-urges-civil-dialogue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/27\/retired-justice-kennedy-raises-concern-over-lsquotone-of-political-discourse-urges-civil-dialogue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Justice Kennedy Raises Concern Over &amp;lsquo;Tone of Political Discourse,&#8217; Urges Civil Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What democracy and civil discourse are about are taking issues and discussing them,&#8221; Kennedy said. &#8220;And this is what judges do, and this is why judges are of central importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/920829083\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/920829083\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/920829083\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/920829083\/law\/legal-news,\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/920829083\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/920829083\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/920829083\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"NOFOLLOW nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/2025\/05\/30\/words-matter-9th-circuit-judge-says-in-condemning-impeachment-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Words Matter,&#8217; 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