Prof. Jack Pitney was quoted in an article for The Paradise after Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement about how rare it has been in recent years for a Senate of one party to confirm a Supreme Court nominee from a president of the other party. Pitney expressed slight optimism about a future cross-party confirmation. “An opposing-party Senate might approve a nominee in the next several years, provided that the nominee is a moderate who would not shift the ideological makeup of the court,” he said. This interview was cited in a Politifact post, “Supreme Court nominees confirmed by opposite party in Senate are rare.”