TAKE BACK THE COURT STATEMENT ON JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER RETIREMENT

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 26, 2022) — Take Back the Court Director Sarah Lipton-Lubet today released the following statement in response to media reports that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire at the end of the Court's current term.

“Justice Breyer has had a long and distinguished tenure on the Supreme Court and has left an indelible mark on American life. His decision to step down now is the right one. President Biden should quickly nominate a progressive replacement, and the Senate should waste no time confirming her.
"But make no mistake: Justice Breyer’s retirement announcement today solves nothing. The chance to keep a hyper-conservative stolen court at 6-3 is not a win. Unless we expand the Court, 6 justices will keep dismantling our democracy, rolling back our rights, and preventing progress on everything from climate change to reproductive rights and gun safety. Replacing Breyer with one justice preserves a broken status quo and enshrines minority rule. Replacing Breyer with 5 justices is how we save democracy.”

Take Back the Court raises awareness about the urgent need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court to address the theft of the court by Senator Mitch McConnell during the Obama Administration. Without adding seats, Congress will not be able to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, or pass new legislation. Court expansion, which can be accomplished without a constitutional amendment, is the only reform that enables the un-rigging of the system and the restoration of democracy. Learn more: https://www.takebackthecourt.today/