Aside from the Onion, the chatter comes from the leadership over at Demand Justice, which includes Brian Fallon as the executive director. There's also Chris Kang, the co-founder and chief counsel of the group, who spoke in favor of court packing when Democrats introduced such legislation last month. And it's pretty obsessive.
Happy anniversary of Justice Souter announcing his retirement to all Stephen Breyers who celebrate!
(It’s almost as if spring retirement announcements happen all the time and no one needs to wait until June!) https://t.co/fvegBeXtql— Christopher Kang (@cdkang76) May 1, 2021
On Saturday, John Kruzel with the Hill reported that "Court watchers buzz about Breyer's possible retirement." He opens his piece with pointing out "The possibility of Justice Stephen Breyer’s imminent retirement is hanging over the Supreme Court as the current term enters its final weeks and Democrats cling to the slimmest of Senate majorities."