Justice Stephen Breyer, a CONSISTENT LIBERAL VOTE on the Supreme Court with an unflappable belief in the US system of government and a pragmatic view of the law, plans to retire after serving for more than two decades on the high court, according to a well-placed source familiar with the matter.
This doesn’t even look like news or good news for the libs (1 out and 1 in = WASH).
It is never a “wash” when you replace an old justice with a much younger one.
It’s good news for the libs only in that he’s doing it now rather than hanging on like RBG did. Their guy gets to nominate his successor.
Suppose he had decided to hang on till death, as Ginsburg did. After 2024, there will most likely be a Republican president — the Trump restoration, or failing that, someone like DeSantis. Even if we got a Roberts/Kennedy/Kavanaugh type, that person would be far more conservative than Breyer.
So from the left’s perspective, it’s better that Breyer retires now.