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This week’s R&D provides resources on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement and replacement.  Breyer, a moderate liberal who has been on the Supreme Court since 1994, recently announced his retirement from the bench, allowing President Joe Biden the opportunity to make the first Supreme Court pick of his administration.  Biden announced that he will fill the vacancy with a Black woman, fulfilling a campaign pledge.  Rumored candidates include U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra R. Kruger, and U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs.