Jackson will be sworn in at the Supreme Court in a ceremony on Thursday, the court announced. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts will take the constitutional oath, while Breyer, of which he was secretary, will take the oath. A judge on the federal court in Washington, D.C., Jackson was confirmed by the Senate in a bipartisan vote in April. Breyer, 83, told President Biden in a letter that his retirement would take effect at noon on Thursday, ending his nearly 28-year tenure in court. Breyer leaves the Supreme Court at the end of a non-proliferation case, the most important of which was his decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, as well as rulings extending gun rights for the first time in a decade. and in favor of religious rights. The court is expected to announce its two remaining views – a dispute over the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and a challenge to the Biden government’s attempt to end the so-called “stay in Mexico” policy. on Thursday morning and after summer break. “It was a great honor for me to participate as a judge in the effort to uphold our Constitution and the rule of law,” Breyer told Biden in a letter Wednesday. Appointed to the Supreme Court by former President Bill Clinton in 1994, Breyer announced his plans to step down at the end of his term in January, giving Biden a chance to make his first appointment to the Supreme Court. The president announced Jackson as his candidate in late February, and the Senate approved her candidacy less than two months later.
