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Watch Live: Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement

Published January 27, 2022 at 12:06 PM EST

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The Supreme Court of the United States, pictured Aug. 3, 2017. (Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR) — The Supreme Court of the United States, pictured Aug. 3, 2017.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and President Biden are speaking at the White House as Breyer announces his retirement from the nation's highest court. Breyer served for more than two decades on the bench, and his retirement gives Biden his first opportunity to nominate a justice to the court.