Stephen Breyer, a liberal member of the U.S. Supreme Court, has announced that he would retire from the bench on Thursday at noon.
Breyer, who informed President Joe Biden in January that he would step down at the end of the current term, announced in a letter posted on Wednesday that he will do so after the Supreme Court publishes its final rulings of the term on Thursday.
The Court has stated that all opinions that are still ready from this term will be handed down starting at 10 a.m. tomorrow. As a result, my retirement from active duty in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 371(b) will take effect at noon on June 30, 2022, Breyer wrote.
As a judge, Breyer stated, “It has been my great honor to contribute to the fight to uphold our Constitution and the Rule of Law.”
To replace Breyer, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was proposed by Biden and approved by the U.S. Senate earlier this year. When the new term starts in October, she will start hearing cases.
NEW: Justice Breyer has written to President Biden to let him know that he will be retiring in 24 hours: Thursday, June 30, at 12:00. pic.twitter.com/3nLsKkPKCB
June 29, 2022 — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie)
Justice Stephen Breyer will leave the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to breaking news.
June 29, 2022 — Axios (@axios)
In the past week, the Supreme Court has rendered several notable decisions.
On Wednesday, the Court handed veterans a significant victory by finding 5-4 that states cannot use sovereign immunity to bar veteran claims seeking to regain former employment with state businesses.
Tuesday, the Court agreed with the Louisiana state legislature and upheld the Republican-drawn state’s congressional boundaries.
The state’s six congressional districts were to be redrew to include two with a majority of Black voters after a federal judge had determined that the layout violated the Voting Rights Act.
In a 6-3 decision, the Court stated that it would postpone making a decision until the upcoming term since a related issue from Alabama is slated to be heard during that term, which starts in October.
On Friday, the Supreme Court issued its eagerly anticipated decision in the case of a former football coach from the Seattle region who was dismissed from his position for continuing to pray on the field alongside players.
In the critical First Amendment case, the nation’s top court agreed with the high school football coach.
Kennedy was instructed that he may pray apart from the pupils after the school district heard that he was participating in team prayer. Kennedy was placed on paid leave after refusing to alter his practice and then launched a lawsuit.
Of course, the most significant judgment was that made by the Supreme Court in the hotly contested case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last Friday.
The Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, the important decision that legalized abortion.
An uproar resulted from the early May leak to Politico of a draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion, which had been drafted.
Alito claims that Roe was “egregiously erroneous from the beginning.”
In the document, he states, “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overridden.” It is time to obey the Constitution and hand back control of the abortion debate to the elected officials of the people.
Therefore, we maintain that the Constitution does not grant a right to an abortion. In the paper titled the “Opinion of the Court,” Alito states that Roe and Casey must be overturned and that the power to control abortion must be given back to the people and their elected officials.
It’s estimated that there were at least 5 votes in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade shortly after Alito’s draft majority opinion surfaced, allowing state lawmakers to consider their own abortion laws.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a member of the GOP, provided his view on the potential identity of the “leaker.”
Before the decision was made, Supreme Court authorities initiated an investigation to determine who leaked the draft opinion. As part of this investigation, they asked legal clerks for their cell phone records and affidavits.
They are all cowards with the exception of Justice Thomas…the only one with integrity. Roberts is a joke!