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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 10, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he will retire on his own terms despite calls for him to step down. "I'm only going to say that I'm not going to go beyond what I previously said on the subject, and that is that I do not believe I should stay on the Supreme Court, or want to stay on the Supreme Court, until I die," he recently told National Public Radio. "And when exactly I should retire, or will retire, has many complex parts to it. I think I'm aware of most of them, and I am, and will consider them." Some want Breyer to retire now so President Biden can name a replacement while Democrats control the U.S. Senate.