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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Back in Black - Should Justice Stephen Breyer Retire?

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this June 2021 segment, Lewis Black weighs in on rising calls for 82-year-old Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire while Democrats still maintain tenuous control of the Senate.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:05.1

When a news story falls through the cracks,

0:07.6

I'm there to pick it up in a segment we call Back in Black.

0:19.4

Now that the pandemic is fading, the job market is picking up again.

0:23.4

Restaurants need cooks and waiters.

0:25.7

Hotels need clerks and bellhups and movie theaters.

0:29.0

Need people to sweep all the popcorn off the floor and put it back in the popcorn machines.

0:34.4

But as millions of Americans go back to work,

0:37.2

there's one American who a lot of people wish would never work again.

0:42.0

82-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer, really getting some pressure to retire from

0:46.8

a growing number of Democrats so that Biden can fill his spot with a younger liberal justice.

0:52.8

Democrats are confident they could get a Biden nominee through the Senate

0:57.3

as long as they're still in the majority.

0:59.6

Just to be clear, you do think that Justice Stephen Breyer should retire at the end of this term.

1:05.3

I would give more thought to it, but I'm inclined to say yes.

1:09.3

First of all, I can't believe someone has to convince an 82-year-old to retire.

1:15.3

Personally, I would have stopped working a long time ago if I didn't have to pay for my

1:19.2

anger management courses. The cancellation fees are outrageous.

1:24.1

Damn you masterclass! Look, I can see why being a Supreme Court Justice is a good gig.

1:30.7

You basically sit around all day in a robe telling everyone else how to live their lives.

1:35.5

Not to mention Kager Tuesday's in Brett Kavanaugh's chambers,

1:39.4

but the Democrats are getting nervous because right now they control the Senate.

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