<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1656519404393,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000177-1b39-d2c7-af7f-5fbf13ff0004","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1656519404393,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000177-1b39-d2c7-af7f-5fbf13ff0004","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_56519242", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"947584"} }); ","_id":"00000181-b040-df08-a3b3-fa4d22230000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedSupreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire on Thursday at noon, the same time the court will swear in his successor, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“This past January, I wrote to inform you of my intent to retire from regular active service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, upon the Court rising for its summer recess,” Breyer, 83, wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden.
The retiring justice highlighted the president’s successful confirmation of the forthcoming replacement for Breyer, Jackson, who was confirmed by the Senate in April by a 53-47 vote to become the 104th associate justice on the Supreme Court.
SUPREME COURT POISED TO FINISH LANDMARK TERM THURSDAY WITH TWO CASES REMAINING
Jackson, who clerked for Breyer, will be sworn in Thursday at noon, with the retiring associate justice administering one of two oaths. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the second oath, according to a Supreme Court press release.
“A formal investiture ceremony will take place at a special sitting of the Court in the Courtroom at a later date,” the high court statement added.
Breyer, who was appointed to the court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, announced his retirement plans in January.
“You have nominated and the United States Senate has confirmed the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed me in the office, and I understand that she is prepared to take the prescribed oaths to begin her service as the 116th member of this Court,” Breyer said in his letter.
Breyer is known for pragmatic views of the law and was a member of the court’s liberal bloc who sometimes sided with the conservatives. He taught law for Harvard Law School and at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for several years and has written books and articles on administrative law and economic regulations.
Breyer’s most recent book, Making Democracy Work: A Judge’s View, took a deep dive into the inner workings of the U.S. Constitution. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, based in Boston, from 1980-94.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
“It has been my great honor to participate as a judge in the effort to maintain our Constitution and the Rule of Law,” Breyer wrote.
While Jackson’s confirmation does not change the ideological makeup of the 6-3 conservative majority on the high court, she will make history as the first black woman to sit on the nine-member bench.
