Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire Thursday, to be replaced by Ketanji Brown Jackson

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks during an event at the Library of Congress for the 2022 Supreme Court Fellows Program hosted by the Law Library of Congress, in Washington, February 17, 2022.

The Supreme Court is set to release its last two rulings of the current term on Thursday, and Justice Stephen Breyer told the president that he will retire at noon that day.

The justice said in January that he would leave at the end of his term. Thursday is the last day for opinions to be released.

A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will replace him. The Senate confirmed her nomination to the Supreme Court in April of this year.

In a letter to Biden dated Wednesday, Breyer said he was honored to be a judge in the effort to maintain the Constitution.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House on April 8, 2022 in Washington, DC.

One of the three liberal justices on the Supreme Court was nominated by Bill Clinton. Jackson is expected to vote with the other liberals more often than she does with the conservatives.

Six days after the Supreme Court ruled that there was a federal right to abortion, Justice Stephen Breyer will leave the court.

He was one of two liberals who dissented to Friday's decision, which gave individual states wide latitude in banning abortion.

Last week, Breyer wrote a pointed dissent to a ruling by the court's supermajority of six justices, which struck down a New York state law requiring applicants for a license to carry a gun outside of their homes to have "proper cause" to do so.

Many States have tried to address some of the dangers of gun violence by passing laws that limit who can purchase, carry, or use firearms. The court burdens states with their efforts to do so.