nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||Liberals Admire Justice Breyer. Now They Want Him To Retire||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Democratic lawmakers and activists are urging the justice to step down in time to allow a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate to confirm a replacement.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in March 2015.

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