Yesterday marked the end of 28 years of devoted service of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, and the swearing in of new Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace him.
We now have the third African American in Supreme Court history, and the first woman, following Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
Jackson will be, as Breyer had become, a member of the minority liberals on the Court, and it will likely be very frustrating to work with the most extreme right wing Court in a century, and with no likelihood of a move toward the political center.
Let us all wish Breyer a long retirement, and Jackson a successful few decades on the Supreme Court!