“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told President Joe Biden that he will officially retire at noon Thursday, and then immediately help swear in his successor Ketanji Brown Jackson hours after the court is set to release the last two rulings of its current term.
“Breyer’s letter to Biden was expected, as the 83-year-old justice said in January that he would leave at the end of its term.
“It was only Wednesday morning that the court said that Thursday would be the last day for opinions to be released.
“He will be immediately replaced by Jackson, 51, who currently is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.”
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