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Divided no more? Court opening may draw Democrats together

Democrats have fractured repeatedly over President Joe Biden’s agenda, stalling legislation and creating an atmosphere of mistrust that threatens the party’s political prospects in November

The Independent UK

Laura Ingraham displays graphic of George Soros clutching banknotes on Holocaust Remembrance Day

‘While a lot of people like money and fame, the Occam’s razor explanation for those like Carlson and Ingraham is that they are just terrible people’

The Independent UK

Supreme Court nomination: Shake-up or status quo?

Whomever Joe Biden nominates for the Supreme Court will not change its current ideological split, but a black, female Justice would certainly give internal politics a shake-up.

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Supreme Court justices honor Breyer after retirement announcement

The justices commended Breyer, referring to him as a great jurist and a friend.

Axios

Editorial: For the sake of national unity, don't dig in on this Supreme Court nomination

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement offers Republicans a real opportunity. No, not the opportunity to install yet another hard-right conservative on the bench. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell already can claim victory for the kinds of obstructionist and unfair manipulation that yielded the court’s…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jay Ambrose: Identity politics and the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, at the age of 83 and after three decades of demonstrating his brilliance and knowledge, is retiring. Past comments tell us what he wants as a replacement: someone of high legal skill to serve not as a politician seeking popularity or ideological objectives but as…

Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: Presidents have long wanted a diverse Supreme Court

In the wake of Justice Stephen Breyer’s rumored retirement, an odd controversy has swirled around President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to appoint a Black woman to the first vacancy. Critics have compared the promise to college admission quotas; supporters have pointed out that President Ronald Reagan fulfilled his own campaign…

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Noah Feldman: Breyer’s Supreme Court pragmatism will be missed

The news on Wednesday of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court at the end of this blockbuster term marks an historical transition point.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement is good for the stability of our democracy

Panicked progressives weren’t shy about telling Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to stop judging and start golfing or gardening.

Chicago Tribune

Charles Breyer on Stephen Breyer's Retirement: "I think it's clear that politics played a role"

A bit of political brotherly love.

Reason

Analysis: Breyer's exit nods to politics of the Supreme Court he decried

WASHINGTON — After a career trying to keep the U.S. Supreme Court above politics, Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement underscores just how central the court now is to the U.S. political wars.

Tribune News Service

Mitch McConnell tells Biden not to ‘outsource’ Supreme Court pick to ‘radical left’

President will nominate Stephen Breyer’s replacement by end of February

The Independent UK

Breyer's colleagues greet his retirement with well-wishes

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s colleagues are greeting the news of his retirement with remembrances and well-wishes

The Independent UK

Breyer leaves a court more conservative than one he joined

In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it's been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative

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Low public confidence in Supreme Court as Breyer retires

Justice Stephen Breyer's impending retirement from the Supreme Court gives President Joe Biden his first pick at a time when the public has increasingly negative views of the high court

The Independent UK

Biden sparks debate by refusing to take questions at Stephen Breyer retirement event

‘I’m not gonna take any questions because I think it’s inappropriate to take questions with the justice here. He’s still sitting on the bench,’ president says

The Guardian - US

Biden to nominate first Black woman to sit on supreme court by end of February

US president announced plans for court at White House event marking retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer

The Independent UK

GOP Senator Susan Collins tries to pump the brakes on swift confirmation of Biden’s Supreme Court pick

Senator Susan Collins could seek to delay the President, who is hoping to nominate Justice Stephen Breyer’s replacement in due course

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Biden vows to appoint a Black woman to Supreme Court as Breyer makes retirement official

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden praised Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who made his retirement official at the White House on Thursday, vowing that his choice to replace him will be a Black woman and that he plans to announce the choice by the end of next month.

Los Angeles Times

Biden vows to appoint a Black woman to Supreme Court as Breyer makes retirement official

Los Angeles Times

Biden vows to appoint a Black woman to Supreme Court as Breyer makes retirement official

Axios

Biden says he'll make "historic" nomination of a Black woman to Supreme Court by end of February

The nominee will "be the first Black woman ever nominated to United States Supreme Court."

The Independent UK

Biden to nominate Breyer replacement by end of February

Mr Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court

The Independent UK

‘A model public servant’: Biden hails Breyer’s service and pledges replacement will be ‘worthy’ of his legacy

Biden pledged to also consult with Senators and Vice President Kamala Harris to nominate his replacement.

Salon

Fox melts down over Biden SCOTUS pick

Sean Hannity muses that Biden's nonexistent Supreme Court nominee may be "unlawful" and "unconstitutional"

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