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so, again, to repeat, as we begin this noon hour, justice stephen breyer has decided and set to notify the white house of his intention. sent a letter, as would be expected, to the white house and then general counsel and then chief of staff. someone he knows very well from having worked in the senate, justice breyer, before he was a federal judge in boston, he was a staff member for senator ted kennedy and involved in some very contentious supreme court confer magdss himself then. was nominate as the second nominee from bill clinton after ruth bader ginsburg. a close ally of ruth bader ginsburg and soed miure and often a swing on big decisions like same-sex marriage and others that were in sink with the liberal minority. at that point, steve breyer became part of a three-member minority, descenting very frequently. there he is with his wife, joana and of course justice scalia and al gore when he was first nominated to be part of the supreme court by, of course, bill clinton.
Nominate someone to be confirmed, given senator mcconnell s past record. in february, before an actual presidential election in february of 2020, justice scalia passed unexpectedly and mcconnell refused to even give a hearing to merrick garland. at the time, the time appeals judge, high riri spected by both parties but mcconnell refused to let the republican senate even schedule a hearing. with that history, progressives have been involved in extraordinary campaign, even billboards mounted on trucks, circling the court. and justice breyer was working from home in boston and extraordinary pressure campaign for him to step down.