If Breyer Retires, Look for Adherent of Living Constitution to Take His Place

If Breyer Retires, Look for Adherent of Living Constitution to Take His Place
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer during a group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images
Michael Cozzi
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has recently been urged by progressives to retire early from the bench, preferably sooner rather than later, to get another adherent of the living constitution theory onto the bench.