Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer
Stephen Gerald Breyeris an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth15 August 1938
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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I have to, of course, describe the views of those who disagree with my approach.
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He says, 'I've seen 50 million paintings, I know magenta,'
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Well it's fairly important that everyone have a lawyer and so we have a system that you can't convict a person without a lawyer, even if he's guilty.
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Virginia is now pursuing an execution schedule that leaves less time for argument and for court consideration than the court's rules provide for ordinary cases.
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To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.
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You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment
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You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment
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It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.
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Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
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Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
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There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.
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We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other
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We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.
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But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.