Trump Plans to Name Kennedy Replacement `as Quickly as Possible’

•McConnell says Senate will vote on nomination in fall •Trump says he will make choice from list of 25 contenders

PresidentDonald Trump said he will begin the search to replace retiring Supreme Court JusticeAnthony Kennedy immediately and plans to make a nomination “as quickly as possible.”

Republican leaders signaled they would move rapidly to seize the opportunity to create the most conservative court in generations. But with the swing vote on the court at stake and fresh memories of Republicans’ election-year blockade of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Democratic leaders indicated they would resist.

Senate Republican LeaderMitch McConnell said ...