New Supreme court Justice nomination should be easy.

UNLESS BIDEN WANTS CONTROVERSY 

WILL HE PICK A COMPETENT LIBERAL OR A WOKE BOMB THROWER?

Barring the news yesterday that justice Stephen Breyer is retiring is not fake news, it appears Joe Biden will get to name a new supreme court justice. Being that whoever he names will not change the makeup of the court, it should be an easy and smooth process to make a replacement. It is already assumed it will be affirmative action nominee of a black women. Not necessarily the best and most qualified, but someone who has the right gender and race qualification. Maybe he can find a judge who is both black and presently a women who was formally a male, that would be the whole enchilada of woke preferences.

There is already of list of qualified black women jurists available, and if they find one who has the temperament to be an effective justice, it should be one of the easiest nomination battles in recent years. That is the likely route will be see, but then again, is this an opportunity to create division and chaos and a sideshow to distract from his failing presidency? Does his woke base have a revolutionary jurist in mind that he will need to appease?

Justice Breyer who has served for 27 years is a qualified, articulate, humorous and very affable person. He is well regarded by the rest of the court even those who do not agree with his philosophy. Replacing him with a controversial and antagonistic personalty may be a big temptation for Biden's base.

Of course, this is the presidents choice, it will take a real balancing act to name a nominee that is qualified and has the temperment to have some influence on the court.  If he caves in to his base, it may very well cause a personality schism in the court that will be counter-productive to any of his goals. A personality that will harden the reactions of the present court rather than influence them in a way the left would like in those close decisions.

Breyer has been pressured to resign because he is 83 years old and the left fears he will go when the Republicans are in power. They are wrongly comparing him to the late Justice Ginsburg who had multiple health issue for years. Breyer appears very healthy, has a good relationship with the court and is still very mentally fit, far more than the person who will pick his replacement. They may regret replacing him, if it someone who will become a symbol of woke symbolism over substance.