Stephen Breyer, 83, to retire from SCOTUS after 27 years

Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

The current court term will end in June or early July. 

Breyer is one of the three remaining liberal justices and has been under pressure to step down in order to let President Joe Biden appoint his replacement.

Liberal activists fretted that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stayed on the Supreme Court too long despite her history of health problems and should have stepped down during the Obama administration. Instead, when she died in 2020, President Donald Trump appointed a conservative, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill her seat, moving the court further to the right.

Breyer's decision to retire after more than 27 years on the court allows Biden to appoint a successor who could serve for several decades. Biden's appointee should maintain the current 6-3 split between conservative and liberal justices on the high court.

At 83, Breyer is the court's oldest member. He was appointed in 1994 by President Bill Clinton to the high court.

The White House didn't immediately comment on the report.

'It has always been the decision of any Supreme Court Justice if and when they decide to retire, and how they want to announce it, and that remains the case today. We have no additional details or information to share from @WhiteHouse,' press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted. 

Biden is expected to act quickly to nominate a successor who can be ready to serve when the court's new term begins Oct. 3. 

The president is a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, so he knows how

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