Photos: Justice Stephen Breyer through the years
A look back at the career of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer:
FILE - President Bill Clinton and his Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer leave the White House in Washington, May 16, 1994, for the Rose Garden where the President officially introduced Breyer to the nation. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justices Stephen Breyer, left, and Clarence Thomas preside to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 23, 2009, before the House Financial Services and General Government subcommittee hearing on the court's Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer testifies before a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing to review the FY 2016 budget request of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2015. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE - Chief Justice William Rehnquist, second from right, poses with members of the Supreme Court after the investiture of the court's newest member Stephen Breyer on Sept. 30, 1994 at the court in Washington. From left are, Supreme Court Associate Justices, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens, Rehnquist, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Pool/Ken Heinen, File)
FILE - President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Supreme Court Associate Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg listen to Regina Spektor perform at an event honoring Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 27, 2010. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Nov. 30, 2018. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer listens during a forum at the French Cultural Center in Boston, Feb. 13, 2017. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, talks to President Clinton’s Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer, center, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., looks on, on Capitol in Washington Tuesday, May 17, 1994. Kennedy escorted Breyer on Capitol Hill to meet Senators including Biden whose committee will hold Breyer’s nomination hearings. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
Britain's Prince Charles, left, and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer walk out of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer walks after escorting Britain's Prince Charles out of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer responds to a question from a member of an audience at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Breyer spoke during a forum open to the public during which he took questions from a moderator about the Supreme Court and his new book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer helps his three-year-old granddaughter, Clara Scholl, throw the ceremonial first pitch to his wife, Joanna, prior to the baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston Tuesday, July 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court Stephen Breyer, right, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg walk down the steps of the Supreme Court as they wait for the casket of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to leave the Great Hall Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire, giving President Joe Biden a chance to nominate a new justice to the bench, source says.