These academics signed with a group, Demand Justice, that has been running the insulting billboard signs calling on Breyer to resign. theguardian.com/law/2021/jun/1… I do not recall any calling for Ginsburg to resign despite being 5 years older and suffering from serious health issues...
...I raised this issue with regard to Ginsburg in prior columns. I noted that she was taking a huge gamble with a host of 5-4 cases. jonathanturley.org/2017/04/12/the… The gamble proved to be a costly one when Ginsburg was replaced by Barrett...
...As a liberal icon, few wanted to tell the "Notorious RBG" to retire and fewer still were willing to say so publicly. Breyer is clearly a different matter. While one of the Court's most reliable liberals, he clearly does not hold the same iconic and unquestionable status as RBG
...In fairness, at least one of the signatories did raise this issue publicly while RNG was alive. It was Chemerinsky. talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ruth-… Such calls however were made by few academics publicly as opposed to this concerted campaign to convince Breyer to retire.
...The question is whether this campaign will have the opposite impact on Breyer who could view yielding to such a campaign is more damaging for the Court than his remaining on the Court.
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