Long-serving Judge Stephen Breyer announced he would be stepping down from the Supreme Court to allow President Biden the opportunity to seat a liberal justice to replace him. Democrats had pushed Breyer to allow a younger replacement to avoid a repeat of 2016, where Merrick Garland was blocked for almost a year by Republicans allowing Trump to appoint conservative Neil Gorsuch to the bench. Similarly, they are wary of Breyer passing away under a Republican President, like with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which would allow yet another conservative onto the court.
Republicans currently enjoy a 6-3 conservative majority in court and Mitch McConnell would relish the opportunity to replace yet another liberal judge with a conservative. Republicans are likely to take the Senate in the mid-terms this year, meaning that if McConnell can block the nomination till after then he may be able to prevent Democrats seating Biden's pick at all.
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