Breyer not retiring

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If Dems lose the Senate he can just immediately retire and a new nominee can be put through in the lame duck. We know it can be done because the Republicans did it in less time with Barrett. The only way in which it's risky is if the Dems lose a Senator.

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This is what happens when you live under the delusion that the court is not political. He's demonstrating a really disturbing inability to learn from what happened when Ginsburg didn't retire when Obama could have chosen her successor. Kagan must be pulling her hair out.

Maybe he just doesn't care about any of this, like the balance of Justices appointed by Democrats and Republicans. Maybe he just wants to do his job and that's it.

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No need for him to retire, walk away, whatever before the Dems actually lose the Senate (which might not even happen). In the interim, if he dies he'll be replaced by a liberal.

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No need for him to retire, walk away, whatever before the Dems actually lose the Senate (which might not even happen). In the interim, if he dies he'll be replaced by a liberal.

If Dems lose the Senate, Breyer will not be replaced by a liberal until they take it back.

Well yes. But they haven't lost it yet, so he doesn't need to retire yet. He has time to retire on Nov 9 and be replaced in the lame duck, if needed.

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I'm not going to start pulling my hair out unless we're having this same discussion exactly one year from now.

You know it's going to happen, right?

I have no idea what's going to happen but I think it's more likely than not that he announces his retirement at the end of the next term. I'm sure in the leadup to that people will be freaking out though if that's what you mean.

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I'm not going to start pulling my hair out unless we're having this same discussion exactly one year from now.

You know it's going to happen, right?

I have no idea what's going to happen but I think it's more likely than not that he announces his retirement at the end of the next term. I'm sure in the leadup to that people will be freaking out though if that's what you mean.

No, I legitimately think he's going to refuse to retire and then die, or something, once the GOP takes over again. We live in the worst timeline and I can't help but expect the worst anymore.

I think Trump winning would have been a worse timeline tbh. We split from Earth 1 in 2016 but have at least course corrected somewhat.