Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said she thinks liberal Justice Stephen Breyer should retire at the end of the court’s \u2026<\/b>
\nRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said she thinks liberal Justice Stephen Breyer should retire at the end of the court’s term, which could allow President Biden to nominate his successor and a Democratic Senate to confirm a nominee. Pressed by Dana Bash on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d on whether the 82-year-old justice should retire, Ocasio-Cortez said \u201cI\u2019m inclined to say yes.\u201d \u201cJust to be clear, you do think that Justice Stephen Breyer should retire at the end of this term?\u201d Bash asked. \u201cYou know I, it’s something that I\u2019d think about but I, I would probably lean towards yes. But yes, you’re asking me this question so I’ve just, I would give more thought to it but, but I’m inclined to say yes,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez responded. Earlier in the interview, Bash asked Ocasio-Cortez if she agrees with Rep. Mondair Jones (D-N.Y.), who in April called on Breyer to retire at the end of the term, Ocasio-Cortez said \u201cI believe Representative Jones has a point.\u201d Mondaire in April said \u201cthere\u2019s no question\u201d that Breyer should retire, adding \u201cmy goodness, have we not learned our lesson?\u201d The lawmaker’s comments come after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last year, which allowed former President Trump to out a third conservative justice on the bench. \u201cWe have had very difficult experiences with making I believe the opposite mistake, and especially if Senate Democrats are not going to pass reforms on HR 1, we cannot rely solely on a wish of winning elections, particularly in the Senate when voting rights are under attack in Georgia, Arizona and Texas across the country,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cAnd if we’re not going to pass HR 1 with the preemptive clauses that can roll some of that voter suppression attacks back, yeah, I believe that we should protect our Supreme Court and I bet that should absolutely be a consideration,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n