BREAKING: Justice Breyer to retire from Supreme Court

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington,... — FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The Supreme Court is refusing to say whether the nine justices have received COVID-19 vaccination booster shots, with the omicron variant surging and in-person arguments over vaccines scheduled at the court on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.(Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

By WIFR Newsroom

Published: Jan. 26, 2022 at 11:17 AM CST

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - After 27 years, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will resign at the end of his term.

President Joe Biden will fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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