Stephen Breyer





Stephen Breyer

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August 15, 1938 in San Francisco, California, The United States

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Stephen Gerald Breyer is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court.

Following a clerkship with Supreme Court Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1964, Breyer became well-known as a law professor and lecturer at Harvard Law School starting in 1967. There he specialized in the area of administrative law, writing a number of influential text books that remain in use today. He held other prominent positions before being nominated for the Supreme Court, including special assistant to the United States Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, and assistant...more


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Active Liberty: Interpretin...
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Making Our Democracy Work: ...
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Breaking the Vicious Circle...
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America's Supreme Court: Ma...
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Regulation and Its Reform
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Through the Eyes of a Judge
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“The Court has a special responsibility to ensure that the Constitution works in practice. While education, including the transmission of our civic values from one generation to the next, must play the major role in maintaining public confidence in the Court's decisions, the Court too must help maintain public acceptance of its own legitimacy. It can do this best by helping ensure that the Constitution remains "workable" in a broad sense of the term. Specifically, it can and should interpret the Constitution in a way that works for the people of today.”
Stephen Breyer, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View

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The History Book ...: #108 - ASSOCIATE JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER 2 6 Nov 13, 2011 01:40pm  
The History Book ...: * SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 639 208 Apr 25, 2012 11:32am  
The History Book ...: THE CONSTITUTION 122 154 May 17, 2012 06:25am  


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