justin stephen breyer was retiring. i was clue to that coverage. as pete broke that news on our air, here on msnbc. and then, after pete had concluded his reporting, i cheated on my msnbc family because i immediately wanted to jump over to npr to find what s nina tote and birx reporting would be on the announcement, knowing that with her experience as a supreme court reporter and with her deep connections to so many of the justices and those around them on the court, she would have detail and insight that no one else had. as to where this decision came from and what it will mean for the court. and indeed, all day long, her reporting for npr has been priceless. just a piece of it today quote, if he had not been a justice, hollywood might have made him up. deeply intellectual, fluent in not just law but also philosophy, art, and culture, he is also absent minded, geeky, self deprecatingly funny, physically fit, but so