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	Stephen Breyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Breyer is the older brother of federal district judge Charles Breyer.
		Breyer was a special counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 1974 to 1975 and served as chief counsel of the committee from 1979 to 1980.
		Breyer was a visiting professor at the College of Law in Sydney, Australia and later at the University of Rome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_Breyer (1247 words)

	justiceshp.htm
		STEPHEN GERALD BREYER was born August 15, 1938, in San Francisco, to Irving Breyer, a lawyer and administrator for the city school system, and Anne Breyer, the daughter of East Prussian immigrants.
		Breyer believes that a pro-competitive approach to economic regulation appropriately maximizes the benefits available from the free market and, at the same time, reduces the burdens that flow from unnecessary regulation.
		Breyer's most dramatic strategy was the careful orchestration of public hearings which he effectively used to swing congressional opinion to his model.
	www.supremecourthistory.org /myweb/justice/breyer.htm (2031 words)

	Stephen Breyer
		Stephen Breyer was born in San Francisco on August 15, 1938.
		Breyer stated that he believed in "an approach to constitutional interpretation that places considerable weight upon consequences-consequences valued in terms of basic constitutional purposes.
		Breyer married Joanna Hare, the daughter of an English noble, in 1967.
	www.michaelariens.com /ConLaw/justices/breyer.htm (339 words)

	Stephen G. Breyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Breyer married Joanna in England in an Anglican ceremony, carefully edited to remove references to Christ.
		Breyer's position and dedication already won him enough Republican supporters so that he received a seat on the federal appeals court with Ronald Reagan as president.
		Breyer followed the path of his contemporary judges in refusing to answer questions relating to specific issues, arguing that he did not wish to bias future cases.
	www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/legal_entity/108/biography (1015 words)

	Stephen Breyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Breyer became an assistant professor, law professor, and lecturer at Harvard Law School starting in 1967, the same he he married Joanna Hare, a psychologist and member of the British aristocracy with whom he now has three children (Chloe, Nell, and Michael).
		Breyer stayed at Harvard Law School until 1994, when he became a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government from 1977 to 1980.
		Breyer is also the second longest-serving "junior justice" in the history of the Court, close to surpassing the record set by Justice Joseph Story of 4,228 days (from February 3, 1812 to September 1, 1823); Breyer would tie this record on March 1, 2006.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Stephen_Breyer (1065 words)

	Forum: A Conversation With Stephen Breyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Justice Stephen Breyer is known not only for his congeniality, but also for his intellect, a formidable combination of talents that has made him one of our nation’s foremost jurists.
		Stephen Breyer’s life as a scholar-activist-judge is in the finest tradition of the public service that President Kennedy was promoting to Harvard students in his commencement address.
		Although the roots of Justice Breyer’s career is at Harvard, where he taught for years after becoming a judge, he has long made clear that what goes on outside academia is at least as important to him, and probably more so.
	www.jfklibrary.org /forum_breyer.html (10733 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Breyer Touts ‘Active Liberty’
		Breyer, considered one of the court’s liberal justices, spoke as the future composition of the nation’s top tribunal has become a major topic of political discussion.
		Breyer said that when citizens involve themselves in the political process—especially by writing editorials and articles—they show members of the Court what the people want.
		Breyer admitted that the numerous components of American government—such as the separation of powers, the courts and the Electoral College—form a very complicated system.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=504593 (530 words)

	The Supreme Court Historical Society
		STEPHEN G. BREYER was born August 15, 1938, in San Francisco.
		From 1965 to 1967 Breyer worked in the U.S. Department of Justice as a special assistant to the Assistant U.S.Attorney for Antitrust, Donald F. Turner.
		President Jimmy Carter appointed Breyer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1980 and he became its Chief Judge in 1990.
	www.supremecourthistory.org /02_history/subs_current/images_b/009.html (252 words)

	NPR : Supreme Court Justice Breyer on 'Active Liberty'
		Justice Stephen Breyer argues that the framers of the Constitution had a purpose in establishing divided government -- to encourage what he calls a democratic conversation about what policies the government should follow.
		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.
		Breyer applies his theory of Constitutional interpretation to some of the most divisive legal questions tackled by the high court in recent years -- affirmative action, privacy, separation of church and state and campaign finance.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4929668 (414 words)

	Online NewsHour: Supreme Court Watch \| Justice Breyer \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The most recently appointed justice to the Supreme Court bench, Stephen Breyer was pushed towards high levels of success at an early age.
		Breyer then studied law at Harvard where he was editor of the law review.
		The newly sworn in Justice Breyer wasted no time making his mark on the high court by participating in the questioning of his first oral argument and writing a dissent against the first opinion the court issued with him on the bench.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/supreme_court/judge_breyer.html (426 words)

	Breyer, Stephen Gerald. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In the 1980s Breyer was a prominent member of the commission that drafted new federal sentencing guidelines.
		In 1994, when Harry Blackmun retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, Breyer was nominated by President Clinton to replace him.
		Breyer is regarded as a cautious, moderate jurist, although on the conservative Court of the 1990s he has been one of the more liberal members.
	www2.bartleby.com /65/br/BreyerSG.html (184 words)

	Stephen Breyer Biography / Biography of Stephen Breyer Biography
		The general consensus on Stephen Breyer (born 1938), the 108th member of the United States Supreme Court, is that he has a brilliant legal mind.
		Breyer is considered a centrist, a man who comes to the nation's highest court unlikely to radically transform the institution.
		Breyer sailed through the hearings with little rancor from either Republicans or Democrats, and won unanim.....
	www.bookrags.com /biography-stephen-breyer (221 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "President Names in Judge Breyer Nomination to Supreme Court"
		I ask the Senate to consider and to promptly confirm the nomination of Judge Stephen Breyer as the 108th justice of the Supreme Court.
		JUDGE BREYER: I believe at sometime in the near future, there will be confirmation hearings at which I expect to have lots of questions and difficult ones, too, on matters of substance.
		JUDGE BREYER: No, no. Well, what I think of in respect to that is if you think of law in general, there's the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, dozens of guarantees for people, laws and statutes, regulations, rules, common law.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/051694-president-names-in-judge-breyer-nomination-to-supreme-court.htm (2245 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		BREYER: Yes but in that conference room where I have been going now for eleven years, eleven years, I have never once in those eleven years heard a voice raised in anger.
		BREYER: I think so and I say usually that nobody -- if you want to say what are the big defining sort of definitional differences among judges, I tend to think they're not as great as some people think.
		BREYER: The rule of law is the crown jewel of our democracy and I pledge and promise that the oath that I've taken to preserve, to protect and to defend it to the best of my ability, so thank you very, very much.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0511/23/lkl.01.html (5591 words)

	Stephen Breyer - dKosopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15, 1938) has been an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994.
		Breyer graduated from Lowell High School and received an A.B. in Philosophy from Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College of the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
		Breyer has compiled a generally moderate record on the Court, though he most frequently sides with Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php?title=Stephen_Breyer&printable=yes (479 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Stephen Breyer
		Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15, 1938) has been a US Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1994.
		President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in an 87 to 9 vote and he took his seat August 3, 1994.
		Breyer is well-known for his personal writing style in which he never uses footnotes in his opinions; he feels that keeping all citations inline results in better writing, since one cannot stuff in all kinds of marginally relevant material into footnotes.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Stephen_Breyer (404 words)

	Breyer Cites Doubt About Impartiality of Election Vote (washingtonpost.com)
		Breyer -- named to the court 10 years ago by President Bill Clinton -- cast one of the dissenting votes in the 5 to 4 decision that canceled a controversial recount in Florida, sending Republican George W. Bush to the White House instead of Democrat Al Gore.
		Breyer, a 1959 Stanford graduate, made the comments at a seminar on judicial activism with California Chief Justice Ronald M. George and federal Court of Appeals Judge Pamela Rymer.
		Breyer also said many jurists, himself included, take into account contemporary matters raised by the public, citing briefs from organizations defending affirmative action.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A59552-2004Oct24.html (382 words)

	Commencement Speaker: Justice Stephen Breyer - Boston College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stephen Breyer has served as Associate Justice for the United States Supreme Court since 1994, when he was nominated for the position by President Clinton.
		As a member of the court, he believed achieving a unified opinion was more important than outlining his own opinions in detail.
		Justice Breyer was born in San Francisco on August 15, 1938.
	www.bc.edu /schools/law/newsevents/2003-archive/31803 (402 words)

	Stephen Breyer -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Breyer received bachelor's degrees from Stanford University (1959) and the University of Oxford (1961), which he attended on a Rhodes scholarship, and a law degree from Harvard University (1964).
		During a private ceremony conducted by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Stephen Breyer officially became a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
		The English critic and man of letters Leslie Stephen was the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9001500?tocId=9001500 (697 words)

	Justice Breyer: U. S. Constitution should be subordinated to international will
		Breyer had held that a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that homosexuals had a fundamental right to privacy in their sexual behavior showed that the Supreme Court's earlier decision to the contrary was unfounded in the Western tradition.
		Breyer is an infected sore on the American judiciary.
		Breyer is essentially lobbying the public to support the position he took in their majority decision in the sodomy case.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/941589/posts (2799 words)

	Justice Stephen Breyer - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Breyer, Stephen G. Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (U.S. Supreme Court Justice), Kennedy, Anthony M. O'Connor, Sandra Day, Rehnquist, William H. Scalia, Antonin, Souter, David H. Stevens, John Paul, Supreme Court justices--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Supreme Court justices--Political aspects, Supreme court justices--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Supreme court justices--Political aspects, Thomas, Clarence, United States.
		Breyer, Stephen G....Byline: Frank J. Murray, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Justice Stephen G. Breyer shifted this week from outspoken dissenter to...vowing then to dissent until the tide turned.
		A.B.A. Breyer, Stephen G....Murray Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said yesterday that public indifference...there is cause for concern," Justice Breyer said as he related what he called...trust" and participation.
	www.questia.com /search/Justice-Stephen-Breyer (1456 words)

	Stephen Breyer on Civil Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Breyer is a consistently liberal voice on the court.
		Apprendi fired several shots into the home of an African-American family and made a statement that he did not want the family in his neighborhood because of their race.
		Dickerson, under indictment for bank robbery and related federal crimes, moved to suppress a statement he had made to the FBI, on the ground he had not received “Miranda warnings” before being interrogated.
	court.ontheissues.org /court/stephen_breyer_civil_rights.htm (1026 words)

	SUPREME COURT SEMINAR
		Breyer seen as key justice on copyright; he's no fan of longer protection.
		The Clinton clones: Ginsburg, Breyer, and the Clinton legacy; both Ginsburg and Breyer are strikingly like the other federal judges appointed by Clinton - noncontroversial individuals with considerable judicial experience who had records indicating their tendency to behave moderately.
		Nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
	www.dsl.psu.edu /library/lrr/guides/supct/breyer.html (1390 words)

	Random House \| Books \| Active Liberty by Stephen Breyer
		He argues convincingly that although Congress is not perfect, it has done a better job than either the executive or judicial branches at balancing the conflicting views of citizens across the nation, especially during times of national crisis.
		With a fine appreciation for complexity, Breyer reminds all Americans that Congress, rather than the courts, is the place to resolve policy disputes.
		Stephen Breyer is an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307263131 (253 words)

	FindLaw Constitutional Law Center: Supreme Court: Justices: Stephen Breyer
		Breyer's teaching record includes being an Assistant Professor from 1967-1970 and a Professor of Law from 1970-1980 at Harvard University; a Professor from 1977-1980, and a Lecturer from 1980-present at the Kennedy School of Government.
		Breyer also served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1990-1994, and as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission from 1985-1989.
		Breyer has also contributed numerous articles to legal journals primarily on the subjects of administrative law and economic regulation.
	supreme.lp.findlaw.com /supreme_court/justices/breyer.html (758 words)

	Associate Justice Stephen Breyer - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Breyer, Stephen G.--Political activity, Clinton, Bill--Political activity, Ginsburg, Ruth Bader--Political activity, Judges--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., United States.
		Stephen Breyer is associate justice of the U.S. Supreme...
		True, Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice David Souter found fault of a constitutional dimension...justiceship after he had given ample notice as an associate justice that he was a committed foe to the just...
	www.questia.com /search/Associate-Justice-Stephen-Breyer (1504 words)

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