82-year-old Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is facing new calls to retire after Sen. Mitch McConnell revealed he would block a Biden nominee in 2024. @mehdirhasan has thoughts:

Jun 15, 2021 · 12:02 AM UTC

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If Justice Breyer is going to retire, he needs to do it now. Next year is the mid-term election, and nothing will happen until after the election, and it is possible that the balance in Congress could shift after the election. It's now or never.
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McConnell is still acting as the majority leader, and democrats think that he still is.
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Try sky writing? Does he need to understand that it’s not (necessarily) him, but it’s time to go, NOW.
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Mitch and his party will block anyone but their own picks for the court, which - like the Senate itself - is a key institution in the prevention of democracy in the United States
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The fact that Breyer hasn't figured this out on his own is very bad news for democracy. In Canada, supreme court justices must retire at age 75. culvercityobserver.com/story…

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Thank you for referring to my screams of “go the f**k away you clueless relic” as calls to retire