The Issue: President Biden’s possible nominees to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring.
Justice Stephen Breyer will retire, and everyone is talking about President Biden’s pick to replace him (“It’s a Supreme chance for Joe,” Jan. 27).
It really doesn’t matter anyway, because the individual finally selected and approved will always vote opposite to the conservative justices.
Remember when Justice John Roberts promised us all in his own words that there are no left-leaning and right-leaning justices? That was too funny.
David Lipton
Toms River, NJ
I’m trying to wrap my head around what’s happening: When a white man is chosen over a person of color or over a woman, it is called racism and there is fury.
And yet, when the president makes a definitive statement that he will appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court, that is perfectly OK, and isn’t racism.
Perhaps in the search, a white woman or a black man might have better credentials. But no, our president knows his approval numbers are in the basement and will try anything to win back those who are leaving the party because of his incompetence. Unbelievable hypocrisy.
Bunny Abraham
Manhattan
Although people are justifiably complaining about Biden’s statement that he will replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer with a black woman, there is, in my opinion, a silver lining to this otherwise odious policy.
The biggest problem with the court system, especially the federal courts, is the fact that it is dominated by former “Big Law” firm partners.
These federal judges are predictably biased in favor of Big Law firms.
In my experience, the Average Joe is much more likely to get a fair hearing in The Bronx, where there are many black and Hispanic judges.
This may be because they are more empathetic with parties who have had a tough life, but it has more to do with the fact that they are not corporate lawyers.
Biden’s appointees have — not for the reasons he intended — been a breath of fresh air to a rigged system.
Andrew Delaney
Jamaica Estates
Liberal Democrats are desperate for anything that could be considered a win for Sleepy Joe, and they have pressured Justice Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court.
Attempting to take the heat off Biden for runaway inflation, disastrous COVID policies, crime, Russia possibly invading the Ukraine and thousands of illegal aliens being secretly bussed around the country, they think the confirmation of a liberal justice will excite their base.
Democrats know that unless they kick Breyer out the door before the midterms, they will not have the Senate votes to confirm a new justice.
Take one for the team, Stephen, and give Joe a win.
Walter Goldeski
East Brunswick, NJ
Never in my life would I have thought the president of the United States would use skin color and gender as a qualification to serve in any public office, let alone the nation’s highest court.
What’s worse, the majority in the media are remaining silent, while secretly applauding.
I guess I’m naive, as I thought the days of judging people by the color of their skin were largely extinct.
Matthew Nugent
Staten Island
Choosing a nominee for the Supreme Court based on gender and skin color makes no sense, but that never stopped Democrats before.
We need to get back to choosing the best candidate, whether for the Supreme Court or any other job.
Lloyd Zimet
Stuyvesant
Biden is already discounting the skill level of his Supreme Court nominee by picking based on ethnicity and gender — not exactly Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of judging people by their character, not their color.
It would be nice if he picked the most qualified nominee and that person happened to be a black woman, but nobody will believe his choice is the most qualified because he has already limited his search. That is incredibly unfair to his nominee.
William Cook
Little Egg Harbor, NJ
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