Justice Breyer's new book warns against meddling with the Supreme Court. But he's wrong.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's latest book is the size of the palm of my hand and has only 100 pages. "The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics" was released Tuesday amid calls for Breyer's retirement.

Breyer, 83, who has been on the court for 27 years, argues against political intervention in the highest court in the land, warning that partisan meddling would further "erode public trust." 

While I have been a fan of Justice Breyer's writing since law school, this time he is wrong. And the court's most recent decision (in which Breyer dissented) to clear the way for a Texas law that essentially ends access to legal abortion is a perfect illustration of why the court's power has become unwieldy.