WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced on Thursday that he will retire from the high court later this year in a letter to President Joe Biden. Breyer, one of the three liberal justices on the nine-member bench, wrote that he intends the deci...
To be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, a candidate must be nominated by the president and then confirmed by the Senate with a simple majority. The U.S. high court consists of nine justices, who have life tenure and can serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and ...
Kennedy's role as a moderate swing vote on the court could be replaced with a new justice who will push the court further to the right.
Results of an analysis of Supreme Court justices' retirement decisions from 1962 to 2010 suggest that justices have pursued this delayed-retirement strategy more than any other retirement strategy.doi:10.1080/0098261X.2013.10768037L.J. Zlgerell
Breyer's retirement comes as the Supreme Court transformed to one now dominated by conservative justices, with former President Donald Trump naming Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett to the high court during his only term.Barrett's confirmationfollowing thedeath of the libe...
The retirement of John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's leading liberal but a justice who also could find conservative allies, will set off an election-year political battle over President Barack Obama's second high court pick. Stevens said Friday he will step down when the court finishes its...
Still, he’s widely regarded as part of a conservative-leaning majority that has controlled the court since 2008. The conservatives have been locked in an ugly feud with liberal-leaning justices Shirley Abrahamson and Ann Walsh Bradley ever since; the dust-ups with them raised questions about ...
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Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday.
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