The United States Supreme Court’s Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement on January 27, 2022, at the start of the court’s summer recess, which usually takes place in late June or early July.
On February 25, President Joe Biden (D) announced that he will nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill Breyer’s seat.
On April 7, 2022, the Senate approved Jackson with a 53-47 vote.
Breyer is “a dedicated pragmatist and the senior member of the Supreme Court’s liberal side,” according to Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.
When is Stephen Breyer’s last day in office of the Supreme Court?
Breyer was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton (D) in 1994, and he was approved by the Senate the following year.
Breyer was a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1980 to 1994, including four years as its chief judge.
He began his legal career as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and went on to serve as an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force and the chief counsel of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, among other positions.
