Justice Breyer Warns Against Expanding SCOTUS

NPR reports:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has a warning to those who want to remake the court: Be careful what you wish for.

In his new book, The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics, Breyer argues that over time, public acceptance of Supreme Court opinions, even those you may disagree with, has become a habit — a hard-won habit that has fortified the rule of law as an essential part of U.S. democracy.

Then-President Donald Trump thumbed his nose at the court and Congress, leading to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. That has led many liberals to call for a radical change in American institutions, including the Supreme Court. Breyer’s view: “What goes around comes around. And if the Democrats can do it, the Republicans can do it.”

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has a warning to those who want to remake the court: Be careful what you wish for. “If the Democrats can do it, the Republicans can do it,” he told NPR’s Nina Totenberg.https://t.co/YCUVC7QLkQ

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