Justice Breyer and the great drama of the US Supreme Court

Justice Stephen Breyer, a Bill Clinton appointee and the oldest serving US justice, is being urged to retire to make way for a new liberal-leaning justice.

You won’t find any T-shirts featuring Justice Stephen Breyer’s face. That’s a contrast to the late Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who generated something of a fan base among liberals (that is, as much of one as an elderly jurist can muster) with not only her image appearing on shirts, but also buttons and other political paraphernalia. Ginsburg gained this quasi-celebrity status for her unapologetic feminism, which she displayed in her public and private life. As a judge on the Supreme Court, she made the news on occasion for her blistering dissenting opinions on such matters as reproductive rights and the gender pay gap.