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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
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Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pick

By MARK SHERMAN and Breyer has been a justice
MICHAEL BALSAMO since 1994, appointed by
Associated Press President Bill Clinton. Along
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lib- with the late Justice Ruth
eral Supreme Court Jus- Bader Ginsburg, Breyer
tice Stephen Breyer is retir- opted not to step down
ing, giving President Joe the last time the Demo-
Biden an opening he has crats controlled the White
pledged to fill by naming House and the Senate dur-
the first Black woman to the ing Barack Obama’s presi-
high court. dency. Ginsburg died in
Breyer, 83, has been a September 2020, and then-
pragmatic force on a court President Donald Trump
that has grown increas- filled the vacancy with a
ingly conservative in recent conservative justice, Amy
years, trying to forge ma- Coney Barrett.
jorities with more moder- Breyer’s departure, expect-
ate justices right and left of ed over the summer, won’t
center. change the 6-3 conser-
Two sources confirmed vative advantage on the
the news to The Associ- court because his replace-
ated Press on Wednesday, ment will be nominated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer listens during a forum at the French Cultural
speaking on condition of Biden and almost certainly Center in Boston, Feb. 13, 2017.
anonymity so as not to pre- confirmed by a Senate Associated Press
empt Breyer’s formal an- where Democrats have the make conservative Justice est member of the court.
nouncement. slimmest majority. It also will Clarence Thomas the old- Thomas turns 74 in June. Continued on Page 2