A Supreme Court bombshell today, as Justice Stephen Breyer decides to retire at the end of this term

That will give President Biden his first Supreme Court vacancy to fill, and it will come in the middle of a contentious midterm election year

Justice Breyer is from San Francisco, he went to Lowell High School, he was a contemporary of Jerry Brown, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton 28 years ago. Retiring, at age 83, opens up one of the three remaining seats in the court’s liberal wing.

For more on Breyer’s retirement and what comes next, KCBS News Anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell along side KCBS political reporter and host of The State of California, Doug Sovern spoke with Jessica Levinson, law professor at Loyola Law in Los Angeles.