Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement news didn't come as President Biden had expected. But the President and his team have been planning for this moment for a year.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement plans were publicly revealed before the White House or the justice himself was expecting it, leading to a muted response from Biden and his aides. The White House -- which had learned of Breyer's plans last week, though the justice did not inform the President directly -- had been preparing for the moment for more than a year.
This is why Biden vowed to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court 01:48Biden likely to act quicklyThe President is famously slow announcing many of his major decisions, with longtime advisers often explaining that he does not like to be rushed. But the Supreme Court nomination is one of the most consequential choices of his presidency, with such a compelling sense of urgency, officials believe he is likely to act far more swiftly than in other decisions he's made since taking office.
Here's who Biden could choose to replace Breyer 01:35The President has been thinking about a Supreme Court vacancy for nearly two years, since he declared at a presidential debate in February 2020 that he intended to select a Black woman, saying later:"It's required that they have representation now. It's long overdue.
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