FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2022
Contact: Kenny Palmer | press@indivisible.org
Washington, DC — Today, Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Director of Democracy Policy, issued the following statement:
“We thank Justice Breyer for his nearly 30 years of service on the United States Supreme Court. Over the course of his career, Justice Breyer authored opinions in decisions that upheld women's reproductive rights and criticized the continued use of the death penalty. We are also thankful for his judgement in his decision to step down at a time when President Biden can preserve the current balance of the court, rather than risking a vacancy under a Republican majority, which no doubt would have replaced him with someone at least as ideologically unhinged as Amy Coney Barrett or Brett Kavanaugh.
“President Biden now has an immense opportunity to make history. During the 2020 Democratic primary, Biden committed to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court. We intend to hold him to this promise. While conservatives packed courts with extremists, we must remain committed to promoting representation and diversity in the highest levels of our government—especially when the cherished constitutional rights that Black people and people of color fought so hard to secure are under attack by the Court itself.”
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