Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy bemoaned the increase in ignorance, partisanship, and vulgarity in public life that has come with the political rise of Donald Trump, while also acknowledging his son’s relationship with the president.

The justice, who stepped down in 2018, sat down with The New York Times for a rare two-hour interview ahead of the release of his new memoir “Life, Law and Liberty” next week.

Kennedy, 89, retired during Trump’s first term in office, which allowed the president to appoint his replacement for Kennedy’s pivotal swing seat.

But some of the observations from the justice’s book appeared to target the president, the New York Times noted.

“Perhaps those who bring vulgarity to our nation may not have a true psychosis of narcissism, but by their conduct they

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