Emergency Podcast: Justice Breyer Is Retiring

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The crew discusses how the Supreme Court may change once Breyer — a more moderate Justice among the Liberals — retires. They also consider whether the ensuing confirmation process will impact the country’s broader political environment in a Midterm election year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're very flirty in Galen.
0:02.0	That's like the most offensive thing you've ever said to your friend,
0:04.6	Kidding.
0:05.6	J.K.I.I.I. I love you, Florida.
0:07.1	But what does this mean, Nate, that he's got Florida vibes?
0:10.1	He's kind of yolo.
0:11.3	He's not judgy, like people in the Northeast are.
0:14.8	Are Florida people really not judgy?
0:17.1	No, they're not judgy.
0:18.1	They should be maybe more judgy, but like they're not.
0:20.5	Ha ha ha.
0:21.5	Hello and welcome to this emergency edition of the 5th-day politics podcast, I'm Galen
0:34.2	Drewke.
0:35.2	Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire from the court at the end of the
0:39.5	current turn.
0:40.6	He served on the court for 27 years, and holding nerds might appreciate this.
0:45.6	Despite being one of the longest serving justices on the court, he is the least well-known,
0:50.9	holding to recent Ugoff polling, less than half of Americans were able to express an opinion
0:56.0	about him.
0:57.0	So that's Breyer, but of course this also sets us up for a conversation about his replacement.
1:02.1	President Biden now has the opportunity to fill a vacancy on the court, which he said
1:06.8	during a Democratic primary debate in 2020 would be a black woman.
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