confirmation process. breyer told several people who nudged him to retire that the confirmation process shouldn t be political. if the public sees judges as politicians in robes, its confidence in the courts and rule of law itself can only diminish. some democrats were worried breyer would remain on the bench and with the midterms looming, senate republicans have already raised the stakes around his retirement with five gop lawmakers telling cnn in december they would likely oppose any nominee out of this white house if they take the majority in november. it usually takes two to three months for a president to see a nominee confirmed, but the most recent nominee was confirmed in just a month and a half after senate republicans pushed to get her approved before the 2020 election. thank you for that. let s bring back laura coates
legal system, which is the form of order in our court and our democracy. reporter: the eventual nominee will likely face a daunting confirmation process. wire told several people who nudged him to retire that the confirmation process shouldn t be political. if the public sees judges as politicians in robes, its confidence in the courts and rule of law itself can only diminish. reporter: some democrats were worried breyer would remain on the bench, and with the 2022 midterms looming, senate republicans have already raised the stakes around his retirement with five gop lawmakers telling cnn in december that they would likely oppose any nominee out of this white house if they take the majority in november. paula reid, cnn, washington. so, we want to get more perspective now about the history about to be made. joining us, valerie jaret, former senior adviser to president obama. ms. jaret, thanks for being with us. how significant is this moment
by house majority whip, james clyburn. i have a high regard and sincere appreciation for our legal system, which is the form of order in our court in our democracy. the eventual nominee will likely face a daunting confirmation process. breyer told several people who n nudged him to retire that the confirmation process shouldn t be political. if they see them as politicians in robes, it s confidence in the court and the rule of law will only diminish. some democrats worried breyer would remain on the bench and with the 2022 midterms looming, senate republicans have already raised the stakes around his retirement with five gop lawmakers telling cnn in december that they would likely oppose any nominee out of this white house if they take the majority in november. so we want to get more perspective now. history about to be made. joining us now, valerie jarrett.