Biden Not Going to Pressure Stephen Breyer to Retire from Supreme Court

President Joe Biden and his aides are not going to propulsion Associate Justice Stephen Breyer to discontinue from the Supreme Court, believing that to bash truthful would politicize the institution.

There is not presently a vacancy connected the Supreme Court but progressives person been pressuring Breyer to discontinue to guarantee that the vacancy occurs portion the Democrats are successful power of the Senate. Breyer has not indicated that helium volition retire. However, if helium did, the vacancy would let President Biden to nominate idiosyncratic younger and possibly bring much diverseness to the tribunal adjacent if a Democratic assignment does not impact the existent 6-3 blimpish majority.

Progressive activists person besides cited fears of a Republican triumph successful adjacent year’s midterm elections. Should Breyer, who turns 83 successful January, dice oregon discontinue then, helium would supply the GOP the accidental to unafraid a 7-2 bulk connected the court.

Biden and his aides are not giving successful to progressive demands, believing that pressuring Breyer to discontinue could backfire. They judge it could person Breyer to stay successful his presumption longer to beryllium helium is unswayed by governmental interference.

Writing successful a “Dear Colleague” missive past month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made wide that Democrats are “ready to expeditiously fill” Supreme Court vacancies arsenic Democrats besides measurement a bipartisan infrastructure measure and a fund resolution.

“Alongside these important legislative priorities, the Senate volition proceed to corroborate much of President Biden’s highly qualified judicial nominees. … We volition proceed this captious enactment successful the months to come. As always, Senate Democrats basal acceptable to expeditiously capable immoderate imaginable vacancies connected the Supreme Court should they arise,” Schumer wrote in the letter.