{"id":578451,"date":"2021-07-01T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=578451"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T13:35:57","slug":"progressives-wait-to-hear-if-justice-breyer-will-retire-from-supreme-court-as-term-draws-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-wait-to-hear-if-justice-breyer-will-retire-from-supreme-court-as-term-draws-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressives Wait To Hear If Justice Breyer Will Retire From Supreme Court As Term Draws To Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprogressives-wait-to-hear-if-justice-breyer-will-retire-from-supreme-court-as-term-draws-to-close%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=578451&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/95D49BB3-E5D3-4E50-ABDE-8AC33B2E81A1_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some progressives are waiting to hear if Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the conclusion of the Supreme Court term Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/29\/politics\/breyer-retirement-plans\/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+rss\/cnn_allpolitics+(RSS:+CNN+-+Politics)\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by CNN, \u201cwhat some liberals want to hear from the 82-year-old Breyer as the session ends in upcoming days is when he might retire. For them, the answer, reflecting the politically fraught confirmation process rather than Breyer\u2019s legal contributions, should be \u2018soon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEveryone may have to wait,\u201d the outlet noted in the article on Tuesday. \u201cNo sign has emerged that Breyer would announce he is stepping down this week.\u201d However, as the outlet noted, Breyer might consider his options over the summer recess.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CNN added, \u201cBreyer\u2019s vision about keeping judges above politics, expressed in a Harvard lecture in April, will be published in a book this September. The escalating turmoil of Supreme Court confirmations surely presents a dilemma for Breyer, who appears healthy and enjoys his job but is also wise to the ways of Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some progressives are hoping that Breyer steps down so that President Joe Biden would be able to nominate someone to the Supreme Court.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Members of the radical Left have also pushed the idea of expanding the Supreme Court, ultimately changing the system. While Biden kept silent about his opinions regarding that action during his presidential campaign, once elected he set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/09\/president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-creating-the-presidential-commission-on-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states\/\"><span class=\"s1\">commission<\/span><\/a> via executive order in order to discuss how the court should be structured going forward. Breyer has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/liberal-justice-breyer-to-bash-court-packing-in-upcoming-book\"><span class=\"s1\">reportedly<\/span><\/a> come out against the idea of court packing in the past.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-says-highly-unlikely-biden-supreme-court-pick-would-be-confirmed-with-gop-majority-in-2024\"><span class=\"s1\">seemed to voice her encouragement<\/span><\/a> for Breyer to step down from his position.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/13\/politics\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-stephen-breyer-retire-cnntv\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by CNN in June, the congresswoman told Dana Bash, \u201dYou know, it\u2019s something I think about, but I would probably lean towards yes,\u201d when asked if Breyer should retire when this Supreme Court term is over. \u201cI would give more thought to it, but I\u2019m inclined to say yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-says-highly-unlikely-biden-supreme-court-pick-would-be-confirmed-with-gop-majority-in-2024\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a> it is \u201chighly unlikely\u201d that a Biden Supreme Court pick would be confirmed with a Republican majority in the Senate in 2024.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-82-step-down-during-bidens-run-in-white-house\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> last month, liberals were beginning to get anxious about Biden not running for a second term, potentially paving the way for them to lose the chance to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLiberals are nervous \u2014 so nervous that they\u2019ve begun calling for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, to step down soon so Biden can appoint a replacement. Breyer was appointed to the high court by President Bill Clinton,\u201d The Daily Wire noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Now, the stakes are even higher as the Supreme Court term draws to a close.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/30\/1011273434\/progressives-are-hoping-that-justice-stephen-breyer-steps-down-at-the-end-of-the\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> on Wednesday that progressives are hoping Breyer will step aside this week or in the future.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think a lot of people who thought that silence was the best approach in 2013 came to regret that in the aftermath of [Ginsburg\u2019s] untimely passing last year,\u201d said Brian Fallon, executive director of Demand Justice. \u201cI think it would be foolish of us to repeat this same mistake and to greet the current situation passively and not do everything we can to signal to Justice Breyer, that now is the time for him to step down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fallon noted that while the Senate is split evenly down the middle right now, there is a chance for the majority to change at any time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Democrats are one heartbeat away from having control switch in the Senate,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of octogenarian senators, many of whom have Republican governors that might get to appoint a successor to them if the worst happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He is also concerned about the 2022 elections where Republicans might have a very successful year in the wake of the Left\u2019s push for radical progressive policies over the past year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell reassumes the Senate majority leader post, at worst, he might block any Biden pick, and at best, Biden is going to have to calibrate who he selects in order to get them through a Republican-held Senate,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law, and Fallon both noted that the public outcry for Breyer to step down may have the opposite effect.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve certainly heard from some that this might make him less likely to retire, perhaps to dig in his heels,\u201d Chemerinsky said, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Supreme Court is expected to give its last opinions of the term on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some progressives are waiting to hear if Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the conclusion of the Supreme Court term Thursday.As reported by CNN, \u201cwhat some liberals want &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313820,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/95D49BB3-E5D3-4E50-ABDE-8AC33B2E81A1_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Progressives Wait To Hear If Justice Breyer Will Retire From Supreme Court As Term Draws To Close","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/95D49BB3-E5D3-4E50-ABDE-8AC33B2E81A1_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Progressives Wait To Hear If Justice Breyer Will Retire From Supreme Court As Term Draws To Close","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}