Tipsheet: How Breyer's replacement could reshape court's liberal wing

View in your browser     How Breyer's replacement could reshape court's liberal wing By John Kruzel   Justice Stephen Breyer’s upcoming departure from the Supreme Court hands President Biden the chance to tap a replacement who is expected to bring youth, diversity and a more liberal outlook than the retiring 83-year-old jurist known for his unique brand of judicial modesty and pragmatism.  The seating of Biden’s nominee, whom he has said would be the country’s first Black female justice, will not fundamentally shift the balance of the 6-3 conservative majority court. But replacing Breyer with a justice who is ideologically to his left could reshape the three-member liberal minority and alter the court in more subtle ways. 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