How Biden could pull the Supreme Court more to the left with Breyer replacement pick

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement comes at a time when a President Biden- and Democrat-controlled Senate will be able to replace him with another liberal jurist, but while this may seem like simply maintaining the court’s status quo, it could end up having a more far-reaching impact on the court for years to come.

For instance, Breyer sided with conservatives in a 2005 case involving the display of the Ten Commandments in a public park. While he had opposed such displays in other cases, Breyer distinguished this case from the others by noting that in this case the installation had been present for decades without controversy until the case had been brought. He also noted that in this situation the display had "not simply a religious message, but a secular message as well."