Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, who will step down when the court's current term ends in June.Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest member of the US Supreme Court, will retire in June giving President Joe Biden the opportunity to appoint a successor who could serve for decades.
Mr Biden, during the 2020 presidential election campaign, pledged to nominate a black woman to fill any Supreme Court vacancy, which would be a historic first.His fellow Democrats hold a razor-thin majority in the US Senate, which under the US Constitution, gets to confirm Supreme Court nominees. After Mr Biden defeated Mr Trump in the 2020 election, some liberal activists urged Mr Breyer to step aside while Democrats control the Senate, concerned that if he does not do so, Republicans could block confirmation of his successor in the chamber or a future Republican president could be able to name his replacement and tilt the court even further to the right.Persistent critic of death penalty
Just any black woman or does she actually have to be a judge?