For a group that places a premium on calling out the “isms” that ail society — racism, sexism, etc., — liberals are seemingly comfortable with ageism.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, is no spring chicken — but with lifetime appointments to the bench, it’s to be expected that those who serve will do so well past middle age. That hasn’t stopped some progressives from ramping up a “Breyer Retire” campaign.
Demand Justice released an online petition telling Breyer he should immediately step down and drove a billboard truck around the U.S. Supreme Court building last week calling for Breyer’s retirement, according to Forbes.
It isn’t that progressives are concerned that Breyer may not be enjoying his golden years to their fullest, they just want him gone so a Democratic president will replace him.
Biden has said he will appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, and progressives said Breyer is “risking the Senate falling into Republican hands before Democrats can confirm Biden’s nominee,” reported Forbes.
This glimpse into the left’s playbook reveals one thing: They’re fuzzy as to what the Supreme Court is designed to do.
The high court is the final arbiter of the law, the guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. It was never meant to do the bidding of one political party or the other.
But progressives would prefer that the Constitution be interpreted in alignment with their views, and have no qualms about trying to ensure this by bringing about a like-minded justice appointment to the court.
Hence, “Breyer Retire.”
These are no doubt the same folks who were wracked with worry last year when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, announced her cancer had returned. She died in September of 2020.
While they aren’t driving around D.C. in a billboard truck, Democrats are keenly aware that should Breyer step down, Biden could nominate the next justice. As the party holds the Senate, a liberal pick on the Court would seemingly make the imposition of Democratic agendas that much easier.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said he would “never presume to tell a Supreme Court justice to retire,” but that Breyer himself “is very familiar with the potential risks of a Republican president appointing his successor,” according to Politico.
“He is well familiar with the way judicial appointments work, and I believe strongly he has in mind the best interests of the country and will make the right decision,” said Blumenthal, a member of the Judiciary Committee. “There are political realities that I hope judges will perceive.”
Supreme Court justices should not be concerned with political realities — that’s not their job. Ensuring equal justice under the law, as put forth in the Constitution, is and should be focus No.1.
Handicapping the Court’s decisions is a foolhardy game. Who would have expected the Supreme Court to rule in favor of same-sex marriage (2015), or to to rule against President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
But in light of Trump’s hat-trick appointments of three justices to the high court during his term, Democrats are worried.
“It’s self-evident that if you care at all about the balance of power on the Supreme Court then you have to not hang on until the very last moment,” one Democratic senator said of Breyer. “He should enjoy his retirement and allow us to put in a talented younger jurist that can serve for decades.”
Imagine if Trump had said that of Ginsburg.
Note to politicians: Stay in your lane.
The Link LonkApril 15, 2021 at 04:06PM
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/04/15/editorial-forget-breyer-retire-court-politics-dont-mix/
Editorial: Forget ‘Breyer Retire’ – Court, politics don’t mix - Boston Herald
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