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US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces retirement

Justice Breyer speaks as President Biden listens during an announcement that he will retire at the end of the court's current term [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has announced he will retire, giving President Joe Biden an opportunity to nominate a new jurist to the country’s highest court.

In a letter to Biden on Thursday, the 83-year-old justice said his resignation would take effect at the end of the current term, usually in late June or early July, “assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed”.

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