Stephen Breyer is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court

Jan 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    88% Negative

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"Often overshadowed by his fellow liberal Ginsburg, Breyer authored two major opinions in support of abortion rights on a court closely divided over the issue, and he laid out his growing discomfort with the death penalty in a series of dissenting opinions in recent years."
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-44% Liberal
"Childs is a favorite of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who made a crucial endorsement of Biden just before South Carolina's presidential primary in 2020."
Positive
42% Conservative
"Childs is a favorite of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who made a crucial endorsement of Biden just before South Carolina's presidential primary in 2020."
Positive
42% Conservative
"Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Biden's nominee will receive a prompt hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be considered and confirmed by the full United States Senate with all deliberate speed."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Biden's nominee will receive a prompt hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be considered and confirmed by the full United States Senate with all deliberate speed."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"But Biden has expanded his pool of applicants by naming more Black women to the bench."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Among the names being circulated as potential nominees are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, prominent civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill and U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs, whom Biden has nominated to be an appeals court judge."
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-6% Liberal
"Biden has been focused on filling federal judicial nominations with a more diverse group of judges, and the Supreme Court has not been top of mind during his first year in office, according to White House aides and allies."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Breyer has been a justice since 1994, appointed by President Bill Clinton."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Breyer has been a justice since 1994, appointed by President Bill Clinton."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Breyer's departure, expected over the summer, won't change the 6-3 conservative advantage on the court because his replacement will be nominated by Biden and almost certainly confirmed by a Senate where Democrats have the slimmest majority."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Breyer's departure, expected over the summer, won't change the 6-3 conservative advantage on the court because his replacement will be nominated by Biden and almost certainly confirmed by a Senate where Democrats have the slimmest majority."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Along with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Breyer opted not to step down the last time the Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate during Barack Obama's presidency."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Along with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Breyer opted not to step down the last time the Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate during Barack Obama's presidency."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Along with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Breyer opted not to step down the last time the Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate during Barack Obama's presidency."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Ginsburg died in September 2020, and then-President Donald Trump filled the vacancy with a conservative justice, Amy Coney Barrett."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Ginsburg died in September 2020, and then-President Donald Trump filled the vacancy with a conservative justice, Amy Coney Barrett."
Negative
-36% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

28% : Often overshadowed by his fellow liberal Ginsburg, Breyer authored two major opinions in support of abortion rights on a court closely divided over the issue, and he laid out his growing discomfort with the death penalty in a series of dissenting opinions in recent years.

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