president biden will appear together at the white house today to officially announce that retirement. admittedly this is all rolled out a bitt unconventionally. the last time we saw a retirement was in 2018 when justice anthony kennedy went to the us who, informed president trump and then an official announcement came out from the court that afternoon. that was at the end of the term in june 2018. this time, however, we know that justice breyer did convey to the white house last week that he planned to step down from the court, but we know that he didn t tell president biden directly and as of yesterday, we know that the white house had not actually formally received a letter from breyer making his retirement intention official. even when it is officially announced, probably later today, justice breyer, we know, will not leave the court before the end of the term. that s still five months away. there are a lot of consequential decisions to come. we have cases on abortion rights, gun ri