What We Know (And Don't Know) About Justice Breyer's Retirement Plans
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His timing has serious implications for the Supreme Court's ideological balance, but it doesn't seem like the pressure is getting to him.
When the Supreme Court issued its final rulings for this term on Thursday, all eyes were on Justice Stephen Breyer. The 83-year-old is the court’s oldest member, and for months the expectation has been that the left-leaning judge would soon retire from the court so President Joe Biden could nominate a younger replacement. Doing so would ensure that his successor is selected by a Democratic president, avoiding a repeat of what happened when the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died during Donald Trump’s final months in office. But this week came and went with nary a peep from Breyer on his retirement plans. Justices typically announce their plans to step down at end of the nine-month term, or shortly beforehand. Sandra Day O’Connor did so in 2005, David Souter in 2009, John Paul Stevens in 2010 and Anthony Kennedy in 2018.
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