Supreme Court Justice Breyer Officially Announces Retirement

Supreme Court Justice Breyer Officially Announces Retirement
Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer holds up a copy of the United States Constitution as he announces his retirement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer officially announced his retirement on Jan. 27, a day after the news was leaked and widely reported.

Breyer, 83, told President Joe Biden in a letter that he has decided to retire and that he wants the decision to take effect when the court takes its summer recess, which typically happens in late June or early July.
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