BREAKING..... Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden a chance to nominate a re

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden a chance to nominate a replacement
Published Wed, Jan 26 202211:56 AM ESTUpdated 3 Min Ago
Kevin Breuninger
@KevinWilliamB

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, NBC News reported, giving President Joe Biden a crucial opportunity to replace the liberal justice.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, NBC News reported Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden a crucial opportunity to replace the liberal justice.

This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/26/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-to-retire-giving-biden-a-chance-to-nominate-a-replacement.html

[Right_in_Virginia]

I wonder if Schumer will argue no one should appoint a justice in an election year.   

[Kamaji]

Ok, so a liberal-for-liberal swap.

One wonders who he'll pick; he did such a sterling job of picking a VP based on skin color and gender, no doubt he'll use the same criteria for the S.C. nominee.

One also hopes that the GOP will have the cojones to hold the SOB nominee's feet to the proverbial fire.

[Wingnut]

If played right this could drag out confirmation for sometime.   Less chance of the ratbastards from sneaking in baby BBB crap.

[rustynail]

Biden said it has to be a black woman.

[Wingnut]

Biden said it has to be a black woman.

One way to dump Heels-up Harris.  Get her on the SC and Install Killery as VP.

[Kamaji]

Biden said it has to be a black woman.

Objectively, or just someone who self-identifies as a black woman?

[mystery-ak]

Biden said it has to be a black woman.

That's racist...Affirmation Action at the highest level

[mystery-ak]

They will need 60 votes....McConnell better step up and do his job

[Kamaji]

They will need 60 votes....McConnell better step up and do his job

I don't believe they will, not after the 60-vote rule was nuked for Gorsuch.

And quite honestly, I believe that ultimately we have to give this one to them.  It's a lib-for-lib swap, so it won't substantially upset the ideological balance on the Court, so trying to deny any nominees at all will simply be a bridge too far.

Instead, we have to hold the nominee's toes to the fire, make sure they're fully vetted, and avoid any blatantly obvious radicals.

[mystery-ak]

Greg Pollowitz
@GPollowitz
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McConnell should say he will block all Senate business unless he gets a say on Breyer's replacement.

[mystery-ak]

I don't believe they will, not after the 60-vote rule was nuked for Gorsuch.

And quite honestly, I believe that ultimately we have to give this one to them.  It's a lib-for-lib swap, so it won't substantially upset the ideological balance on the Court, so trying to deny any nominees at all will simply be a bridge too far.

Instead, we have to hold the nominee's toes to the fire, make sure they're fully vetted, and avoid any blatantly obvious radicals.

Yikes...sorry I forgot about the Gorsuch vote...

[Kamaji]

Yikes...sorry I forgot about the Gorsuch vote...

That's the thing about forcing through changes like that - they eventually give rise to consequences one is tempted to regret.

In this case, however, I don't think that it's cause for regret because we're swapping a liberal for a liberal.

What would be catastrophic would be for Thomas' seat to open up while the libs/progs control the White House and the Senate.  I recognize that Thomas is a conservative anchor on the Court, but it might have been advisable for him to have retired in time for Trump to have nominated his replacement, and for McConnell to have shepherded the nominee through the Senate.  As it is, we will have to pray to God that a lot of moving parts come out just right - that Thomas survives until the next Republican president, and at a time when the Republicans also control the Senate, all of which means he has to stay on the bench until at least early 2025.

I pray to God that it works out alright.

[mystery-ak]

Kamala Harris Could Become First Black Female Supreme Court Justice

Vice President Kamala Harris could be appointed as the first black and female Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, following news Wednesday that liberal Justice Stephen Breyer is to retire, allowing President Joe Biden to appoint a successor.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/26/kamala-harris-could-become-first-black-female-supreme-court-justice/

[Kamaji]

I highly doubt Kameltoes will be nominated to the S.C.

[rustynail]

It's down to Stacy or Whoopie.

[mystery-ak]

My fear it will be Stacey Abrams

[mystery-ak]

This news is sucking the air out of Ukraine/Russia standoff...

[Wingnut]

I highly doubt Kameltoes will be nominated to the S.C.

Joe Love her long time.   

[mystery-ak]

Schumer vows to vote on Biden Supreme Court pick with 'all deliberate speed'

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that Democrats will take up a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Stepehen Breyer, who is expected to retire at the end of the current term, with "all deliberate speed." 

“President Biden’s nominee will receive a prompt hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be considered and confirmed by the full United States Senate with all deliberate speed," Schumer said in a statement. 

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Il.), Schumer's No. 2 and the Judiciary Committee chairman, added that he looked "forward to moving the President’s nominee expeditiously through the Committee.” 


NBC News first reported on Wednesday that Breyer, 83, will retire at the end of the Supreme Court's current term. The court typically recesses in late June or early July. 

The decision gives President Biden a chance to fill a seat on the Supreme Court ahead of the November midterm election, where Republicans are feeling increasingly bullish about their chance of flipping the House and potentially the Senate. 

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/591466-schumer-vows-to-vote-on-biden-supreme-court-pick-with-all-deliberate-speed

[Kamaji]

What about the possibility that the may re-nominate Garland for the seat?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Wag the Poso
@JackPosobiec

I don't know who needs to hear this but Breyer announcing retirement means Dems know they are losing the Senate this year

12:32 PM · Jan 26, 2022·Twitter Web App

[Right_in_Virginia]

This news is sucking the air out of Ukraine/Russia standoff...

I know .... and I don't understand what the big deal is.  It's not like Puddin' Brain is replacing a conservative.

[mystery-ak]

What about the possibility that the may re-nominate Garland for the seat?

That thought crossed my mind too!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Biden said it has to be a black woman.

Any mention of transgender?

[mystery-ak]

Wag the Poso
@JackPosobiec

I don't know who needs to hear this but Breyer announcing retirement means Dems know they are losing the Senate this year

12:32 PM · Jan 26, 2022·Twitter Web App

Hmmmm...he's right...

Adding Jonathan Turley just said the same thing..

[corbe]

Stephen Breyer, 83, is to retire from SCOTUS after 27 years: Biden is now expected to nominate a black, female justice

Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term
At 83, Breyer is the court's oldest member
Breyer had been under pressure from liberal activists to retire
Biden promised during campaign to nominate a black woman to the high court
Among likely contenders are federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Leondra Kruger, a justice on California's Supreme Court
Another contender is Judge J. Michelle Childs, of the Federal District Court in S.C., who is being pushed as a non-Ivy candidate who has diverse experience
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Biden's pick would be confirmed with 'all deliberate speed'

By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 12:14 EST, 26 January 2022 | UPDATED: 13:13 EST, 26 January 2022

Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

The current court term will end in June or early July.

Breyer is one of the three remaining liberal justices and has been under pressure to step down in order to let President Joe Biden appoint his replacement.


Liberal activists fretted that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stayed on the Supreme Court too long despite her history of health problems and should have stepped down during the Obama administration. Instead, when she died in 2020, President Donald Trump appointed a conservative, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill her seat, moving the court further to the right.

Breyer's decision to retire after more than 27 years on the court allows Biden to appoint a successor who could serve for several decades. Biden's appointee should maintain the current 6-3 split between conservative and liberal justices on the high court.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10444619/Stephen-Breyer-83-retire-SCOTUS-27-years.html

[corbe]

   Lady Lindsey will do her part.

[mountaineer]

Replacing one leftist homosexual with a leftist ___ (fill in the blank affirmative action hire). Whatever. 

[libertybele]

I could care less. Joe will nominate a liberal at best and will probably lean more towards a socialist/marxist.

I also foresee the leftists continuing through with their threats of packing the SCOTUS.

I don't have much faith in the current SCOTUS anyways; they failed to hear cases on fraudulent voting/election integrity and the country is in shambles because of it.

[Wingnut]

‘BLACK WOMAN’: Democrats Say There’s No Other Choice for SCOTUS.

Got to go Black Joe, nominate the Kamalatoe.

[Kamaji]

[EdinVA]

Garland will get nominated.....

[mystery-ak]

Justice Breyer says he doesn't want Supreme Court replacement to 'reverse' his work, amid Dem calls to resign
Breyer has been a target of progressives for his opposition to court-packing

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/breyer-retire-resign-democrats-supreme-court

[Kamaji]

Garland will get nominated.....

But will he have to first self-identify as a black woman?

[mystery-ak]

Schumer, Durbin vow to quickly confirm Biden's Breyer replacement as Supreme Court showdown looms
Democrats hold razor-thin Senate majority

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-mcconnell-breyer-replacement-biden-showdown

[EdinVA]

But will he have to first self-identify as a black woman?

 

Nah, just intelligent.. 

[Kamaji]

Nah, just intelligent.. 

Oooh!  That'll be much harder for him to do!

[deb]

Kamala Harris Could Become First Black Female Supreme Court Justice

Vice President Kamala Harris could be appointed as the first black and female Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, following news Wednesday that liberal Justice Stephen Breyer is to retire, allowing President Joe Biden to appoint a successor.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/26/kamala-harris-could-become-first-black-female-supreme-court-justice/

Don’t they already have (at least) one semi-stupid female on the SC? Something about 100,000 kids in hospitals on ventilators.

[deb]

But will he have to first self-identify as a black woman?

You can bet he’s already trying on black weaves. 

[corbe]

   In case some were wondering:

Yes, The Vice President Breaks A Senate Tie On SCOTUS Nominees

BY: KYLE SAMMIN SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

There was never any doubt that Democrats would fight tooth and nail to prevent President Trump from nominating a successor to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That some of those teeth and nails would shred the Constitution in the process is disappointing, but not altogether unexpected.

To that end, Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe wrote in the Boston Globe on Wednesday that if the vote on Trump’s eventual nominee to the seat should be tied in the Senate, it would fail. In Tribe’s telling, the vice president’s tie-breaking vote does not apply to judicial nominees. It’s a very convenient epiphany, but one supported by neither the Constitution’s text nor the Senate’s historical practice.

The Veep Votes If ‘They Be Equally Divided’

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https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/29/yes-the-vice-president-breaks-a-senate-tie-on-scotus-nominees/

[mystery-ak]

Wag the Poso 🐕
@JackPosobiec
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Sonia Sotomayor is proof that anyone, really anyone, can become a Supreme Court Justice

[mystery-ak]

Fox reporting that Breyer is upset as this wasn't supposed to be announced today...

[Kamaji]

Fox reporting that Breyer is upset as this wasn't supposed to be announced today...

Biden can't even avoid screwing up the announcement.

[mystery-ak]

Lauren Boebert
@laurenboebert
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Biden boxed himself in by promising to pick a VP based solely on sex and race. Kamala is incompetent.

In 2020 he promised to “appoint the first black woman” to SCOTUS.

The stability of our institutions CANNOT be solely dependent on sex & race. Biden’s pandering is pathetic.

[mystery-ak]

Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
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It’s worth noting that one Democratic senator voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh: Joe Manchin. Democrats can’t afford to lose one vote on their side to confirm Nominee X.

[Kamaji]

I don't think it'll be Kameltoe because they'll want her to remain VP, and therefore able to cast a tie-breaker vote in the Senate, just in case.

Quite honestly, I don't see that being necessary, but they will probably see it that way.

[mystery-ak]

[Kamaji]

If that's the lineup, it won't be anyone from the bottom row.

[Wingnut]

Fox reporting that Breyer is upset as this wasn't supposed to be announced today...

Yo Steve, Withdraw your retirement letter.