Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been appointed as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he previously taught for more than a decade. In a release, the school said 83-year-old Breyer’s appointment at the school as the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process is “effective immediately.” “The Byrne chair, which [Breyer] will…

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced when he will officially retire from the nation’s highest court. In a letter to President Joe Biden, Breyer confirmed that his retirement will come into effect on Thursday, June 30, at 12 p.m. ET. “The Court has announced that tomorrow, beginning at 10 a.m., it will hand down all…

President Joe Biden on Tuesday stood alongside Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to officially announce Breyer’s retirement. He will leave his position at the end of the current term—sometime this summer. Biden will announce his nominee by the end of February. Midterm election campaigns are getting started—and many House Democrats are not seeking reelection this…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) suggested on Thursday that he’s open to supporting a Supreme Court nominee who’s more liberal than him, a good sign for President Joe Biden, who will likely need Manchin’s vote to replace Justice Stephen Breyer. Breyer was nominated to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) by President Bill Clinton nearly three decades…

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer officially announced his retirement Thursday, a day after the news leaked and was widely reported. Breyer, 83, told President Joe Biden in a missive 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…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is warning Democrats to “expect a major battle” in the Senate if President Joe Biden tries to nominate a “woke activist” to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s soon-to-be-vacant seat. Breyer was nominated to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) by President Bill Clinton nearly three decades ago. On the court, Breyer has generally…

A U.S. Supreme Court Justice is apparently ready to hang up his robe. President Joe Biden gets to appoint a Supreme Court Justice for the first time, and he made it clear what type of Justice he’s looking to nominate. We speak to Rick Green, an attorney and former Texas State representative, to find out who…

A growing number of Democratic lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to keep a 2020 campaign pledge to pick a black woman to serve on the Supreme Court following reports saying Associate Justice Stephen Breyer will retire this year. On June 30, 2020, for example, Biden said at a campaign event that he is “putting together…

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire, paving the way for President Joe Biden to appoint his first Supreme Court justice, according to reports published Wednesday. Several unnamed sources spoke to Fox News, NPR, NBC, CNN, The Associated Press, and other corporate media outlets in confirming that Breyer, 83, will step down. One source said…