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By JOHN KANELIS<\/strong> \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

President Biden is getting plenty of pressure from the progressive left of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

The current hot button happens to involve a member of another co-equal branch of government. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer might be retiring later this year from the court. Activists on the left want President Biden to nudge him out the door so he can appoint the first black woman to the nation’s highest court, which Biden already has pledged to do.<\/p>\n

Don’t take the bait, Mr. President.<\/p>\n

It is believed that Breyer, appointed to the court in 1994 by President Clinton, will retire when the court’s current term expires. White House press flack Jen Psaki assured reporters today that Biden plans to let Justice Breyer make that decision on his own. Good call, there.<\/p>\n

The Hill reports, however: Demand Justice, an advocacy group led by a former top aide to Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Charles Schumer<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(D-N.Y.),\u00a0launched\u00a0an\u00a0effort<\/a>\u00a0Friday\u00a0to push Breyer, 82, to\u00a0step down so that Biden\u00a0can appoint the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court while Democrats have control of the Senate.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now firmly in the window when past justices have announced their retirement, so it’s officially worrisome that Justice Breyer has not said yet that he will step down. The only responsible choice for Justice Breyer is to immediately announce his retirement so President Biden can quickly nominate the first-ever Black woman Supreme Court justice,\u201d said Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice and a former top aide to Schumer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Biden will let Breyer decide when to retire, aide says | TheHill<\/a><\/p>\n

Earth to Brian Fallon: Justice Breyer is under no obligation to announce on any timetable when he plans to retire. He was appointed to a lifetime judgeship, which I am certain is well-known\u00a0 to Fallon. When he decides to call it quits, I also am certain that Brian Fallon will be among the first to know.<\/p>\n\n

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