Progressives Demand ‘Breyer Retire’ So Biden Can Appoint Supreme Court Justice

Supreme Court Stephen Breyer to “retire now” from the high court, putting more pressure on the liberal-leaning justice to step down while Democrats narrowly have Senate control after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death resulted in President Donald Trump choosing her successor ... Breyer, who was appointed to the court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, is the oldest justice on the court at 82 years old and is thus expected to be the next justice to step down, particularly with Democratic President Joe Biden in office ... Key BackgroundProgressive activists have made a strong push to diversify the courts and make them more left-leaning, urging Biden to nominate diverse judges for federal courts and pushing for structural court reforms like adding justices to the Supreme Court or imposing term limits for them.