Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Wednesday he would move swiftly to start the confirmation process for whoever President Biden nominates to succeed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer after news broke the 83-year-old jurist plans to retire at the end of the current term. In a statement, Schumer said the outgoing Breyer “embodies the best qualities and highest ideals of American justice: knowledge, wisdom, fairness, humility, restraint … America owes Justice Breyer an enormous debt of gratitude.” “President Biden’s nominee will receive a prompt hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and will be considered and confirmed by the full United States Senate with all deliberate speed,” the majority leader added.
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