It's Thursday, January 27, 2022.

I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events

from a Christian worldview.

Anytime a seat on the Supreme Court comes open, history is going to be made.

And that's exactly what we all understand is before us with the announcement that came yesterday

through some kind of leak given to the media that Supreme Court Associate

Justice Stephen Breyer would be retiring at the end of the court's present term.

We should note that as of yesterday,

the full speculation and anticipation

was in force that Justice Breyer is going to retire, and specifically at the end of this court's term,

which generally means at the end of June or the beginning of July.

But we should note, no formal announcement has come from Justice Breyer nor any particular official word from his chambers from his judicial offices

The reality is though that if this were not true it would have been denied and clearly this is

part of some kind of orchestrated series of events that will involve what is

likely to be something like a White House announcement tomorrow with an official statement of the

justice's intention to retire from office. But behind this is a fascinating story and

before us are some massive issues of worldview significance.

You knew that already.

Let's talk about exactly what we're looking at here.

First, let's look at the political context because the most immediate issue is that political context.

That context takes us back to last year, the midpoint of the year, and in particular about

the last 90 or 100 days of the year, when liberal and progressives activists began putting pressure

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