FORUM 1: Should Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retire so President Biden can replace him? Yes: Make a public sacrifice for the common good
WHETHER you think history repeats itself or rhymes, when it comes to the question of how a liberal octogenarianâs time at the Supreme Court should draw to a close, it certainly feels like déjà vu all over again. In 2012, President Barack Obama won re-election, and Democrats held a narrow Senate majority. The oldest liberal justice then was President Bill Clintonâs appointeeâRuth Bader Ginsburg, age 80. This year, Joe Biden is president, and Democrats hold the Senate by the slimmest of margins. Justice Stephen Breyer, also a Clinton appointee, is 82. We know what happened ...