Liberal frustration with Justice Stephen Breyer grew on Thursday, following a CNN report in which the soon-to-be 83-year-old justice said he hasn’t decided yet whether to retire.
“This new report suggests Justice Breyer’s desire to stay is based less on a high-minded notion that he might somehow preserve the Court’s reputation for independence, and more on the fact that he finds it personally fulfilling to get the chance to serve in the role of the Court’s senior liberal,” advocacy group Demand Justice’s executive director Brian Fallon said on Thursday. “In other words, this is about ego.”
Breyer told CNN’s Joan ...