GOP plans to block any Biden Supreme Court pick

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Breyer is so unbelievably, unfathomably stupid if he does not retire next year.

I beg to differ. Breyer is a very intelligent judge. Evidently he doesn't play politics and is not concerned that people want him to retire. That's what I'm reading.

Gee, he's a good judge. Let him keep doing his job if he feels up to it. Mitch and his ilk are going to cheat no matter what the Dems do. Breyer said he does not intend to die in office, but there are many considerations to think about before he retires. Frankly, it's his call.

You have to work with the hand you are dealt, unless you want to assassinate the guy.

 Is intelligent, but utterly lacking common sense or in touch with the realities of the world around him.. He apparently have this mythical idea of  How judicial nominations should be completely apolitical and decided by Is an a political merit system.And of course come of that sh**t had broken down long before 2016. Hes just enough of an ivory Tower guy who doesn't want to give up being one of the Is 9 most powerful members of the American Judiciary out of ego whether he wants to call it that or not.

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Reminder that Democrats have never denied a Republican POTUS the opportunity to nominate a SCOTUS justice, while Republicans are poised to have done that to Democrats twice.

(No, turning down Bork's nomination is not equivalent. Reagan nominated Kennedy after that and the Senate confirmed him. That's why it's called "advise and consent." You don't automatically get your first choice, particularly one with as many ethical issues as Bork had.)

 Yeah, and let the historical record show that Bork really was that much of an extremist. The fact that Kennedy It was confirmed something like 99 to 0 or 98 to 1 demonstrates the senate was the responsible one here.