Breaking: Justice Breyer Formally Announces Retirement

Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer made a formal announcement of his retirement in a letter to President Biden on Thursday.

“I am writing to tell you that I have decided to retire from regular active judicial service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,” Breyer stated.

“I intend this decision to take effect when the Court rises for the summer recess this year (typically late June or early July) assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed,” the justice added.

Justice Breyer's letter to President Biden, dated today. "I have found the work challenging and meaningful," he writes. "My relations with each of my colleagues have been warm and friendly." pic.twitter.com/IRzHO1BHLs

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) January 27, 2022

Breyer, one of three liberal justices including Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, was appointed to the Court by former President Clinton in 1994. News of Breyer’s retirement was first reported on Wednesday.

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