ABC/CBS Drool Over Prospect of Biden Making His First SCOTUS Appointment

With the information Wednesday that Supreme Court docket Justice Stephen Breyer shall be retiring on the finish of the present court docket time period, the liberal night information broadcasts have been clearly excited by the prospect that President Joe Biden can have the chance to appoint somebody to the excessive court docket. Whereas hyperventilating over the information that Biden is anticipated to appoint an African American lady to the bench, the liberal networks made certain to remind viewers how “pragmatic” and non-partisan Breyer was. 

ABC’s World Information Tonight led with the information, with anchor David Muir eagerly reporting “Justice Stephen Breyer set to retire, in response to sources conscious of his choice. We await official phrase from the justice himself, who at 83 is the oldest Supreme Court docket Justice, probably the most senior member of the liberal wing.” Muir then laughably said that Breyer was a “staunch defender of a nonpartisan court docket.” 

Muir additionally wished viewers to suppose Breyer was a “consensus seeker with a practical imaginative and prescient of compromise” regardless of the shortage of proof for this declare. Afterward within the phase, ABC senior nationwide correspondent Terry Moran repeated the liberal media narrative of the day: 

Breyer has been a centrist and a practical justice, searching for methods to bridge the ideological divides and specializing in the real-world penalties of the court docket’s rulings. And he passionately insisted the Supreme Court docket will not be a political establishment.

Over on CBS’ Night Information, anchor Norah O’Donnell who was clearly given the identical speaking factors as ABC introduced on the prime of her program that Breyer “discovered himself within the dissent on a bench that has moved extra to the proper with a 6-3 conservative majority.” 

Senior White Home and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe was additionally fast to spotlight the excellent news for Democrats when he was speaking with O’Donnell about how the information that Breyer was planning to retire was leaked ahead of the justice wished:

The truth that it leaked now, even earlier than he was in a position to inform some Supreme Court docket colleagues, provides the White Home and the Democratic-controlled Senate extra time to contemplate potential nominees, make the choose and maintain hearings, it additionally provides them additional time ought to the President’s first selection get rejected, or must withdraw they usually want extra time to select another person.

O’Keefe ended by exclaiming how Biden’s anticipated nomination of a “black lady forward of the midterm elections, the president will hope to encourage his social gathering’s base and present them that he made good on a marketing campaign pledge.”

This newest instance of the media rooting for Democrats was made attainable by Allstate on CBS and TD Ameritrade on ABC. Their contact info is linked so you may allow them to know concerning the biased information they fund. 

To learn the transcripts of every phase click on “increase”:

ABC World Information Tonight

1/26/2022

6:32:35 PM 

DAVID MUIR: We start tonight with the most important information from the Supreme Court docket at present. Justice Stephen Breyer set to retire, in response to sources conscious of his choice. We await official phrase from the justice himself, who at 83 is the oldest Supreme Court docket Justice, probably the most senior member of the liberal wing. Lengthy a staunch defender of a nonpartisan court docket. Tonight, his impending retirement giving President Biden his first alternative to appoint a justice to the excessive court docket. And with the midterms coming and a razor-thin majority within the Senate, indications tonight this might transfer swiftly. Justice Breyer nominated by President Invoice Clinton in 1994, confirmed by a vote of 87-9. He was often called a consensus seeker with a practical imaginative and prescient of compromise. On the court docket for twenty-seven years. Justin Breyer has usually spoke of his respect for his fellow justices regardless of their perspective, however his choice to step down, the timing, he absolutely is aware of is available in a nation deeply divided. 

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6:34:30 PM

TERRY MORAN: On the court docket, Breyer has been a centrist and a practical justice, searching for methods to bridge the ideological divides and specializing in the real-world penalties of the court docket’s rulings. And he passionately insisted the Supreme Court docket will not be a political establishment.

CBS Night Information 

1/26/2022

6:31:58 PM 

NORAH O’DONNELL: Good night, and thanks for becoming a member of us. We will start tonight with main information from right here within the nation’s capital. After practically three many years on the Supreme Court docket, Justice Stephen Breyer is anticipated to retire. Sources inform CBS Information that the 83-year-old will keep on the bench for the remainder of this consequential time period, deciding on main circumstances like abortion rights, and he’ll wait till the Senate confirms a successor. The liberal justice is below stress from the left to step down whereas Democrats keep management of the Senate and the White Home, so his alternative will not change the ideological make-up of the nation’s highest court docket. In recent times, Breyer has discovered himself within the dissent on a bench that has moved extra to the proper with a 6-3 conservative majority. President Biden will now be given the chance to satisfy a marketing campaign promise and appoint the primary black feminine Supreme Court docket Justice. 

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6:35:53 PM 

ED O’KEEFE: Whereas it was extensively anticipated that Breyer would announce his retirement later this 12 months, by the tip of the court docket’s time period, the truth that it leaked now, even earlier than he was in a position to inform some Supreme Court docket colleagues, provides the White Home and the Democratic-controlled Senate extra time to contemplate potential nominees, make the choose and maintain hearings, it additionally provides them additional time ought to the President’s first selection get rejected, or must withdraw they usually want extra time to select another person. And by nominating a black lady forward of the midterm elections, the president will hope to encourage his social gathering’s base and present them that he made good on a marketing campaign pledge.