Hot Take: The real reason Stephen Breyer won't retire is because only like 15 appellate lawyers really gave a crap about Stephen Breyer thought bubbles until RBG died, but now every mediocre paean to centrism he scribbles out gets reported as breaking news.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1437792526518390793
His spent most of his career as a *forgettable* justice. When you see those stats that most people can only name one or two SCOTUS justices, he's never been one of them. He was the second (or third) choice for his job, and was picked as a compromise to get an easy confirmation.
But now, suddenly, he "matters." Not in terms of shaping the law, because his POLITICALLY MOTIVATED COLLEAGUES are gonna do what they do. But now people want to interview him and buy his books and tweet out his statements.
And, it's clear, he LOVES IT. He's not Souter (who is still alive by the way), who never wanted this glare. Naw, I bet he wakes up every day and says to himself "It's BREYER TIME." He couldn't be more thrilled that now people are compelled to listen to his milquetoast ideas.
Whatever, I still think he will retire at the end of this term. Because while he's evidently an egomaniac who is critically wrong about where the Court is these days, he's not *stupid.*
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
