show, there's no point in asking justice breyer if judges are partisan and political because it's like asking the easter bunny if there is such a thing as the easter bunny, he believes so deeply in this notion that the justices are not partisan, that the court is something bigger, something better than that, and you know, in a weird way, there's a quality that is so aspirational and ellegeic at the same time, and i guess that is my white knuckle reference in my piece, but in a weird weird way, because he's pulling the rip cord, this is early, this is a very political move, to give the biden white house an ability to fill his seat before any shenanigans as you and senator klobuchar talked about could happen, this signaling almost feels like he is giving up on that aspiration that he has pushed on the face of relentless