Breyer needs to step down NOW

The debacle in Afghanistan (plus the census gerrymandering to come) has most likely handed the GOP the Senate and probably the House as well in 2022. If the Dems want to have any victories at all, they've got two years to win them.

[Supreme Court Justice Stephen] Breyer, who at 83 years old is the oldest member sitting on the court, has been cagey about any potential retirement plans in the face of a political pressure campaign to get him to step down while Democrats control the White House and the Senate.

In an interview with the New York Times timed to the release of his forthcoming book, Breyer indicated he is still weighing his decision.

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Breyer also expressed reservations about proposals to dramatically alter the Supreme Court, such as expanding the number of justices as some progressives have suggested. The justice said proponents should “think twice, at least,” before such an undertaking.

“If A can do it, B can do it. And what are you going to have when you have A and B doing it?” he said.

Breyer said his concern is that such machinations risk undermining the court’s legitimacy in the eyes of the public.

  Politico

Read the room, pal. That's already been done.

Breyer also signaled that he did not want to follow in the path of Scalia or Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, both of whom died while serving on the Supreme Court in recent years. Those vacancies immediately became bitter political battles that were ultimately won by Republicans and shifted the ideological balance of the court to the right.

“I don’t think I’m going to stay there till I die — hope not,” Breyer said.

We ALL hope not.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.