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Supreme Court Breyer Retire FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer listens during a forum called From the Bench to the Sketchbook at the French Cultural Center in Boston. Breyer could glide into retirement as the author of two of the Supreme Court's biggest cases this year. If nothing changes in the Senate, Breyer could retire next year as well, in the run-up to the congressional midterm elections. Those were two of Trump's three Supreme Court appointments that cemented a 6-3 conservative majority. Breyer has been in several majorities with the other liberal justices in which they joined with a bloc of conservatives.

The end of the current Supreme Court term is coming up, and Stephen Breyer is the justice to watch.

After writing two of the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions this year, Stephen Breyer could say he’s come to a fitting end of nearly 27 years as a justice and announce his retirement. Breyer has given no indication he plans to retire at the end of the court’s term, set for Thursday. Breyer and O'Connor were close on the court, employing similar approaches to their work, though she was generally more conservative.

Supreme Court FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. In that Texas case, the court reaffirmed in a 4-3 decision that colleges and universities may consider race in admissions decisions. Like the abortion case, the Harvard case lacks a split among appellate courts that often piques the high court’s interest in a case. The Supreme Court has weighed in on college admissions several times over more than 40 years. Blum has worked for years to rid college admissions of racial considerations.

Supreme Court FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. In that Texas case, the court reaffirmed in a 4-3 decision that colleges and universities may consider race in admissions decisions. Like the abortion case, the Harvard case lacks a split among appellate courts that often piques the high court’s interest in a case. The Supreme Court has weighed in on college admissions several times over more than 40 years. Blum has worked for years to rid college admissions of racial considerations.

Supreme Court FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. In that Texas case, the court reaffirmed in a 4-3 decision that colleges and universities may consider race in admissions decisions. Like the abortion case, the Harvard case lacks a split among appellate courts that often piques the high court’s interest in a case. The Supreme Court has weighed in on college admissions several times over more than 40 years. Blum has worked for years to rid college admissions of racial considerations.

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON – Forgive progressives who aren't looking forward to the sequel of their personal “Nightmare on First Street," a Supreme Court succession story. Other liberal voices have said Breyer should retire when the court finishes its work for the term, usually by early summer. Among the names being circulated are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs. Breyer's departure wouldn't do anything to change the conservatives' 6-3 edge on the Supreme Court.

___4:20 p.m.President Donald Trump is expressing increasing confidence that a Republican-controlled Senate will approve whichever Supreme Court nominee he chooses to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. ___11:30 a.m.Joe Biden won't say if he is vetting a list of potential Supreme Court picks. ___10 a.m.Chief Justice John Roberts is remembering his colleague Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as tough and brave, a fighter and a winner. The White House says President Donald Trump will pay his respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday at the Supreme Court. The casket of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has arrived at the Supreme Court for the start of two days of public viewing.

Ginsburg's collars were more than a subtle statement every time she entered the courtroom. Ginsburg’s casket is to be on view beginning Wednesday at the Supreme Court, outside at the top of the court’s iconic steps, and later privately at the Capitol. There were lace ones and beaded ones, white ones and multicolored ones, handmade ones and ones any member of the public could purchase. Ginsburg wore scrunchies for so long that the 1980s accessory went out of fashion and then came back in style. “I have been wearing scrunchies for years,” Ginsburg told The Wall Street Journal in 2018 for an article about the hair tie's resurgence.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who served longer than any woman, championing a liberal stance on issues dividing the nation, has died, the Supreme Court said on Friday. In 2008, Justice Ginsburg appeared on the broadcast as part of a profile Lesley Stahl reported on fellow Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. She talked about the ways the Supreme Court justices worked together, in spite of their different ideologies. She also spoke fondly of her friendship with the late Scalia, whom she would sometimes call with writing advice. Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993.

WASHINGTON – A flurry of election-related cases are already working their way through courts, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn't seem overly concerned about election cases landing in his lap. But when Breyer and his colleagues resume hearing arguments in October, the public won't be able to see them. Breyer said the court is concerned about security, particularly potential disruptions from the outside, including hackers. Instead of the free-for-all style of courtroom arguments, when the justices heard arguments by phone they asked questions in order of seniority, with each justice getting two minutes each. How did Breyer think it went?

A drive-by shooting wounded a federal court security officer Tuesday outside the courthouse in downtown Phoenix, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)PHOENIX – A drive-by shooting wounded a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, and a person has been taken into custody, authorities said. Four armed federal officers were talking outside the main entrance to the courthouse, which was still open to the public, according to a court clerk. In June, a federal security officer was shot and killed and his partner was wounded outside the federal courthouse in Oakland as they guarded the building during protests over racial injustice and police brutality. During demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, protesters and federal officers clashed at the federal courthouse, where people set fires and tossed fireworks and rocks, while federal authorities sprayed tear gas and made arrests.