it is clear that the court s future is his main reason for leaving. he s talked repeatedly about the importance of the integrity of the court, and the danger of public faith in the court eroding if it became too political. but there is probably some political calculation in this decision. justice breyer will stay on for at least the end of the term, which ends in june, because, of course, there is still a lot of work for the court to do. huge issues are pending, including the fate of abortion rights and gun rights. but now the real work begins at the white house, presumably they have been vetting candidates, they eventually have to choose a successor for justice breyer. president biden did say on the campaign trail he would choose a black female as his supreme court pick. there are several names at the forefront of that list, including 51-year-old ketanji brown jackson. she s currently on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. also 45-year-old leondra kruger who sonis on the california sup
office. if this this type of crime sounds like it is becoming a familiar theme, it might be because you remember that trump national security adviser mike flynn was also charged with being a secret foreign agent while he was working for trump s campaign and while he was working in the white house. mike flynn was also eventually pardoned by then-president trump, but there was that truly unnerving foreign agent case against flynn s business partner where prosecutors in court laid out the case that flynn and his business partner had been on the payroll of a foreign country while trump had them working on things like, oh, i don t know, vetting candidates to be director of the cia. yeah, congratulations, trump s first cia director, mike pompeo, two of the guys who helped choose you for that job according to prosecutors were secret foreign agents working for another country when they picked you. flynn, of course, was pardoned. his business partner, who was
trump, but there was that truly unnerving foreign agent case g e against flynn s business partner where prosecutors in court laidt out the case that flynn and his business partner had been on th payroll of a foreign country while trump had them working on things like, oh, i don t know, vetting candidates to be director of the cia. yeah, congratulations, trump s first cia director, mike pompeo, two of the guys who helped choose you for that job according to prosecutors were secret foreign agents working for another country when they picked you. flynn, of course, was pardoned. his business partner, who was charged in that case about the foreign agent the foreign agent charges, his case has been banging around in the courts for more than a year now, but we are expecting his case back in federal district court soon for a sentencing proceeding.
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