United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Stephen Breyer announced his retirement last month. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1994, the 83-year-old is the court’s oldest justice. Breyer will continue to serve as a justice until the court’s current term ends this summer.
Who will replace him?
President Joe Biden has pledged to appoint a black woman to fill Breyer’s seat. This would be the first such appointment in the court’s history. Biden stated he would do so during his 2020 presidential campaign, calling the appointment of a black woman “long overdue.”
Read more at “The Breyer Retirement and America’s Coming Clash”