Far-left bullies use in-your-face tactics against fellow Democrats

Far-left Democrats are becoming increasingly hostile toward members of their own party who do not advance their agenda.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement comes after members of Congress and left-wing groups campaigned for him to step down, while moderates in the Senate continue to face pressure from within their party.

The aging Breyer had said in the past that he did not plan on remaining on the high court for the rest of his life but had no specific retirement plan. He will leave the bench at the end of the court’s term this year, months before the midterm elections. This would ensure that President Biden can nominate a younger replacement while Democrats are in control of the Senate and can confirm them.

Breyer’s timetable is in line with the goals of those who had been vocal about wanting to make sure Biden gets to pick Breyer's successor. The White House has insisted it was entirely Breyer's decision to resign.

"There’s no question that Justice Breyer, for whom I have great respect, should retire at the end of this term," Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., said last spring, just months after Biden took office. "My goodness, have we not learned our lesson?"

That lesson was from the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was replaced by then-President Trump’s nominee, Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Democrats were upset that Ginsburg, who was 87 when she died after battling cancer, did not retire when Barack Obama was still president. That would have allowed Democrats to choose her replacement.