Analysis

Kennedy?s retirement gives Trump another chance to make long-term impact

President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy participated in a public swearing-in ceremony for Justice Neil Gorsuch in April 2017.

Carolyn Kaster/AP/File

President Trump has tamed a Republican Congress and aggressively asserted executive power. Now he can cement his influence over the third branch of government.

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Thomas Hardiman is on the list of people who might be named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. And, yes, he once drove a taxi in Waltham.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/SCOTUS_KENNEDY_RETIRE_1.jpg With Justice Kennedy retiring, could Roe v. Wade be overturned?

Prochoice advocates worry that President Trump may nominate a replacement who?ll favor tighter abortion restrictions or even the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Opinion | Erwin Chemerinsky

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/SCOTUS_KENNEDY_RETIRE_3.jpg The Supreme Court is poised to take a hard turn to the right

Replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy will likely make a difference in rulings on reproductive freedom, gay and lesbian rights, affirmative action, and limits on criminal punishments.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi28parents02.jpg This mother hasn?t seen her daughter in 48 days. She?s suing the federal government to get her back

Angelica Rebeca Gonzalez-Garcia last saw her 8-year-old daughter in an immigration detention center in Arizona on May 11.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Chin062718DraperShooting_Met1.jpg ?There was a shooting. That?s what it is.?

Three men were shot on Draper Street in Dorchester Wednesday evening, with two suffering critical injuries, Boston police said.

The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require government employees to pay union fees.

Legislators weighing bill to ?soften? impact of Supreme Court ruling on unions

The court decided, in a 5-4 ruling, that it was unconstitutional to require public workers to pay collective bargaining fees if they opt out of a union.

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The governor?s administration sought to slash costs in the MassHealth program by limiting coverage for some prescription drugs and moving thousands of people off the program.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_Kafker6_met.jpg Governor Baker to sign ?grand bargain? bill on Thursday

The soon-to-be law is expected to reshape the workplace for millions of Massachusetts residents and avoid a bitter electoral showdown over three ballot questions this November.

Boston, MA--10/15/2015--EdVestors (cq) president and CEO Laura Perille (cq) looks in on 12-year-old sixth-grader David Iovanna (cq). Students at TechBoston Academy use technology, from EdVestors, to learn math on Thursday, October 15, 2015. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 19edvestors Reporter: Jeremy Fox

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/file

Nonprofit chief is poised to be interim BPS superintendent

Laura Perille is the president and CEO of EdVestors, a school improvement organization.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_tinybrightonhouse2_biz.jpg The latest in this crazy real estate market: A dilapidated Brighton house for $800,000

Allston-Brighton has long held a reputation of being an affordable Boston neighborhood. But in this crazy housing market, it looks like even that longtime belief is out the window.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Bryn%20Terfel,%20Kristine%20Opolais,%20Andris%20Nelsons,%20James%20Burton,%20the%20Boston%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20and%20the%20Tanglewood%20Festival%20Chorus%20(Hilary%20Scott).JPG Harsh notes amid purge of BSO?s chorus

The acclaimed Tanglewood Festival Chorus?s new conductor has decimated its ranks, forcing out a large swath of singers, including many senior members.

Cleveland, OH: 5-21-18: The Cavaliers LeBron James eyes his next movew as he is guarded by the Celtics Jaylen Brown (7) in the fourth quarter. The Boston Celtics visited the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game Four of their NBA Eastern Conference Finals playoff series at the Quicken Loans Arena. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Once again, NBA awaits a LeBron James Decision

And the Boston Celtics? future lies directly in the path of where the biggest domino in the free agent market lands.

Boston MA 11/25/16 San Antonio Spurs Kawhi Leonard shooting a jumper in the key in between Boston Celtics Al Horford and Jae Crowder during first quarter action at the TD Garden. (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

Celtics are among the teams that reportedly have made an offer for Kawhi Leonard

Three other teams ? the Cavaliers, 76ers, and Clippers ? also made offers, according to the report.

Even with Tuesday?s announcement that GE?s annual revenue will drop by more than half as it sheds more businesses, the once-sprawling conglomerate remains by far Massachusetts?s largest public company.

Shirley Leung

Boston?s bet on GE will still pay off

General Electric is struggling, but it?s too soon to write off the company ? and the big bucks we are spending on it.

An image of the movie theater and office building proposed for the site of the shuttered Harvard Square Theater.

Promontorio/Merge Architects

Here?s what the new Harvard Square Theater building might look like

Plans call for a facade embedded with LEDs that could be used to display art or photos.

28ocasiocortez -- During the Boston Marathon in 2011, from left, Raul Fernandez, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Lauren Stewart and Jacqueline Scanlan (formerly Jacqueline Chang). (Raul Fernandez)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?s friends in Boston recall her drive and dedication

The 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez, a Bronx native, spent several of her formative years in Boston.

Love Letters

If she has feelings for me, why does she keep dating other guys?

After being her rebound guy multiple times, he wonders if she?ll ever take him seriously.

City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George said as many as 839 apartments for low- and middle-income residents may be vacant.

Amid housing crunch, Bostonians seeking affordable apartments face delays, bureaucracy

Despite Boston?s housing crunch, hundreds of new affordable housing units may be sitting empty as city officials work to find tenants.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/4f2b6707822e482eb3c0707b6940395d-4f2b6707822e482eb3c0707b6940395d-0.jpg Late-night TV hosts team up for comic response to Trump comments

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O?Brien taped a rare, joint opening to respond to President Donald Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Voters_509243.jpg Automatic voter registration may be coming to Mass. ? and bringing 500,000 new voters with it

If the legislation becomes law, instead of having to opt-in to register to vote, many eligible Massachusetts residents would have to opt-out if they don?t want to register to vote.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Pot_03.jpg Under pressure, Healey clarifies marijuana ruling

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is defending her decision to allow some municipalities to ban marijuana businesses until next summer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_9655.JPG Cause of alarm that triggered Financial District hazmat situation still unclear

Boston fire investigators are probing why an alarm sounded at a commercial building Wednesday afternoon, prompting a level 3 hazmat response.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/GregDerr-Pool_28buono_02_met.jpg Former Milton Academy faculty member accused of student rapes is held on bail

Reynold Buono, 72, was taken into custody in Thailand, the Norfolk DA?s office said. He was arraigned Wednesday in Norfolk Superior Court.

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 26: Head of Marketing & Distribution at Amazon Studios, Bob Berney (L) and actors Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet, via satelite, speak onstage during CinemaCon 2018- Amazon Studios: An Exciting New Year of Great Product for Cinemas Program at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 26, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon)

NAMES

Steve Carell struggles to help drug-addicted son in emotional ?Beautiful Boy? trailer

The film also stars Academy Award nominee Timothee Chalamet.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4524.jpg With Kennedy gone, Supreme Court will be even friendlier to Trump

The travel ban ruling shows how a conservative court will empower a president undeterred by the usual constitutional constraints.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/hero-scharf.jpg Why Facebook and Google should pay you for your data

Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?

STAT

Stat

Watch ?Runnin?,? a STAT documentary

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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