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Stephen Breyer

US Supreme Court justice from 1994 to 2022 · United States · Academics · Born 1938 · age 88

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Stephen Gerald Breyer 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. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court.

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  1. Very, Very Wrong... I wrote a dissent - and that's the way it works...

    Sep 9, 2021, Stephen Breyer Justice Breyer Says Supreme Court Upholding Texas Abortion Ban Was 'Very, Very Wrong', NPR (September 9, 2021), Own words

  2. Do you think things outside the United States cannot be relevant to an understanding of how to apply the American Constitution? That's what's at issue.

    Stephen Breyer, Discussion Between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer -- AU Washington College of Law (January, Own words

  3. Something I enjoy is talking to [all kinds of students]. And they'll . . . ask me . . . "What is it you find particularly meaningful about your job?" . . .

    Breyer speaking at a White House event where he formally announced his retirement, from "Remarks by President Biden on the Retirement of, Own words

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Legion of Honour
Brandeis Medal
James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
Marshall Scholarship
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

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Stephen Gerald Breyer 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. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court. Since his retirement, he has been the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School.

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Born 1938 · age 88

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