Washington — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday at noon, when Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement becomes official, the court said Wednesday. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the high court. At the swearing-in ceremony for Jackson, Chief Justice John … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks during an event at the Library of Congress for the 2022 Supreme Court Fellows Program hosted by the Law Library of Congress, in Washington, February 17, 2022. Evan Vucci | Pool | Reuters Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told President Joe Biden that he will officially retire at … Read more
Topline Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire on Thursday, he informed the White House, bringing his decades-long tenure on the court to an end as the court wraps up a controversial term that saw Breyer’s conservative-leaning colleagues rolling back protections for firearms and the separation of church and state and overturning Roe v. Wade. … Read more