With Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer now expected to retire at the end of the term, progressive advocates and commentators are already putting intense pressure on Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to approve President Biden's nominee.
On Wednesday, the 83-year-old Breyer, one of the court's three liberal judges, announced that he's down from the bench this summer. Breyer's impending resignation was much-anticipated by Democrats, who have over the past year repeatedly expressed concerns that he may serve into the midterms, when Democrats are expected to lose roundly in 2022.
