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When did Kennedy become the senior associate justice?

  • 2016

  • 2018

  • 2014

  • 2012

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Kennedy became the senior associate justice in 2016, following the death of Antonin Scalia. As the most senior justice among the associate justices, Kennedy held the position until his retirement in 2018. The senior associate justice is the second-highest-ranking member of the Supreme Court, after the chief justice.
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