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Stephen Gerald Breyer (/ ˈbraɪ.ər / BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun.
Nov 14, 2024 · Breyer served as an associate justice on the nation’s high court from 1994 until 2022, and is currently the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School. During the discussion, he noted that many situations require reaching a consensus with people who have differing opinions—from deciding the result of a legal case, to passing a bill in Congress, to tackling ...
Oct 3, 2024 · In his book, Breyer explores the Court’s history and draws from his experiences as a justice to argue in favor of a more pragmatic approach to interpreting the Constitution and federal laws, and to make the case against the increasingly favored methods known as originalism and textualism.
Apr 24, 2024 · MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer served on the nation's highest court for 28 years before stepping down in 2022. He'd been nominated by President Bill...
Jan 28, 2022 · In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it's been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative.
5 days ago · Stephen Breyer, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1994 to 2022. Breyer was among the more liberal members of the Court, and he was highly regarded, even by conservatives, for his analytic and pragmatic rather than ideological approach to the Constitution.
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Mar 26, 2024 · When Justice Stephen Breyer stepped down from the Supreme Court in 2022, he left the court with a record of accomplishment — but a legal approach that has been battered.
