Jeff Cowen
Mr. Fenster
AP Government and Politics
2 March 2015
The Ever-Changing Constitution: The Philosophy of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Stephen Breyer was born to Jewish parents in San Francisco, California on August 15, 1938. He attended Stanford, Oxford, Magdalen, and Harvard Law. After graduating law school, Breyer clerked for Justice Arthur Goldberg. Breyer taught law at schools including Harvard Law, his alma mater, and he gained valuable attention and respect. Such recognition propelled him to jobs such as Chief Justice of the US 5th Court of Appeals, and ultimately his current position as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (LII: US Supreme Court: Justice Breyer). Justice Breyer’s judicial philosophy is best described as having “a concern for consequences” (John Fox). Breyer tends to weigh both stare decisis, or the concept of judicial precedent against his concept of the Constitution's long-term fluidity and ability to change (Fox). Breyer tends to vote with justices Ginsburg …show more content…
Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Print.
Fox, John. "Stephen Gerald Breyer." PBS. PBS. Web. 28 Feb. 2015. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/future/robes_breyer.html>.
"Justice Breyer: The Court, The Cases And Conflicts." NPR. NPR, 14 Sept. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129831688>.
"LII: US Supreme Court: Justice Breyer." Cornell University Law School, 30 July 2007. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. <https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/breyer.bio.html>.
"Stephen Breyer on the Issues." On the Issues. OnTheIssues.org. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ontheissues.org/Stephen_Breyer.htm>.
Stephen G. Breyer. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 01 March 2015.
Toobin, Jeffrey. "Breyer’s Big Idea." Annals of Law. The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2005. Web. 1 Mar. 2015.
Mr. Fenster
AP Government and Politics
2 March 2015
The Ever-Changing Constitution: The Philosophy of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Stephen Breyer was born to Jewish parents in San Francisco, California on August 15, 1938. He attended Stanford, Oxford, Magdalen, and Harvard Law. After graduating law school, Breyer clerked for Justice Arthur Goldberg. Breyer taught law at schools including Harvard Law, his alma mater, and he gained valuable attention and respect. Such recognition propelled him to jobs such as Chief Justice of the US 5th Court of Appeals, and ultimately his current position as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (LII: US Supreme Court: Justice Breyer). Justice Breyer’s judicial philosophy is best described as having “a concern for consequences” (John Fox). Breyer tends to weigh both stare decisis, or the concept of judicial precedent against his concept of the Constitution's long-term fluidity and ability to change (Fox). Breyer tends to vote with justices Ginsburg …show more content…
Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Print.
Fox, John. "Stephen Gerald Breyer." PBS. PBS. Web. 28 Feb. 2015. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/future/robes_breyer.html>.
"Justice Breyer: The Court, The Cases And Conflicts." NPR. NPR, 14 Sept. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129831688>.
"LII: US Supreme Court: Justice Breyer." Cornell University Law School, 30 July 2007. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. <https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/breyer.bio.html>.
"Stephen Breyer on the Issues." On the Issues. OnTheIssues.org. Web. 1 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ontheissues.org/Stephen_Breyer.htm>.
Stephen G. Breyer. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 01 March 2015.
Toobin, Jeffrey. "Breyer’s Big Idea." Annals of Law. The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2005. Web. 1 Mar. 2015.