America is ‘an experiment that’s still going on’ -Breyer

Breyer's retirement after 27 years gives U.S. President Joe Biden his first chance to fill a vacancy on the nine-member court but will not change its ideological balance. The court's 6-3 conservative majority has shown an increasing willingness to reshape the law on contentious issues including abortion and gun rights. Biden's Republican predecessor Donald Trump appointed three justices during his single four-year term in office.