Justice Breyer, will you please retire now please?

Anti-democratic extremism is accelerating, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is facing calls to retire before the 2022 congressional elections so that his successor can be confirmed while the Democrats have control of the United States Senate. The 82-year-old Breyer has signaled he’s reluctant to retire because he doesn’t want to be perceived as partisan. 

But surely the principl…