Breyer Says High Court Expansion Could Weaken Public Confidence
- ‘Two can play at that game,’ justice says at New York event
- Liberals have sought 83-year-old’s retirement to open up seat
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Justice Stephen Breyer voiced skepticism about Democratic calls to expand the size of the U.S. Supreme Court, saying that adding seats would invite retaliation by Republicans and ultimately could weaken public confidence in the judiciary.
“They better be pretty careful about it because two can play at that game,” Breyer said Monday in an interview at New York’s 92nd Street Y for “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” on Bloomberg Television.