Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15, 1938) is an American attorney, political figure, and jurist. Since 1994, he has served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 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, … Wikipedia
In a new book Justice Stephen Breyer, often at odds with Scalia and Thomas, outlines his judicial philosophy, and makes the argument that his is in fact a more democratic philosophy. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4929668
Breyer says the founders' intent was to promote active democracy, and "originalist" decisions can have the opposite result. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4930456
Fresh Air from WHYY , October 20, 2005 Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has written about his interpretation of the constitution in the new book Active Liberty . www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4965766
Contradictory in many ways, Stephen Gerald Breyer defied simple classification, as a man and as a judge. www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/108/biography
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