Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire, NBC’s Pete Williams and CNN report.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1402794
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1402794
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Ready for Republicans to complain that Biden shouldn’t nominate a successor this close to the end of his term?
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Thank God.
Dreading the crap that will come out of the Right about Joe’s nominee, no matter who it is, but particularly because it will be a woman of color.
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Thank you Justice Breyer for putting the country first and retiring before you are ready so that your seat may be filled by a sane and competent successor.
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Who will Manchin and Sinema appoint to the Supreme Court?
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The Justice has decided he can no longer listen to the bullshit from the crazies anymore. It’s a younger man/women’s problem to endure.
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As i posted on the Morning Memo thread, it’s likely to be Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently sitting on the Court of Appeals.
She’s spectacularly well-qualified, and having four women on the court—even if one of them is Justice Handmaid’s Tale—is a game-changer in several ways.
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Sinema to insist on Ted Cruz as replacement.
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Justice Thomas? Why don’t you follow suit.
Like now.
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Breyer’s former clerk, Ketanje Brown Jackson is the heir apparent according to @thunderclapnewman.
She’s Harvard but a public defender and appellate attorney, not a prosecutor.
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Does this mean we will have a mock draft like the NFL so every poster and pundit can make a list?
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trolls will be trolls
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That will get all the rethug votes.
This is obviously bad news for Biden.
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This is great news.
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He is more likely to die of COVID, er…a pneumonia attack, than retire. Ginnie wants him there serving her neoConfederate autocratic needs.
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With one notable exception, Sinema has voted with Biden 99.9% of the time.
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That’s one of the reasons she was elevated to the Court of Appeals.
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Apparently, the other possibility is California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger.
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Where’s a good brain-stem infarct when you need one?
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