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Politics
Paul M. Collins

Term limit for Breyer replacement?

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer (center) enters House Chamber before President Barack Obama delivers his fifth State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 28, 2014. Jeff Malet Photography

A vacancy sign hangs above the Supreme Court bench following reports on Jan. 26, 2022, that long-serving liberal justice Stephen Breyer is set to retire.

Names are already being thrown around in the media as to who will replace him, aided by helpful hints from President Joe Biden himself. But whoever it is can, depending on their age, expect a lengthy spell on the bench of the highest court in the land.

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