Justice Stephen Breyer
Justice Stephen Breyer has been on the Supreme Court for almost 22 years. He was confirmed to the court by the Senate on June 29, 1994. Justice Breyer’s confirmation was not a surprise considering how highly qualified he was, as well as, how highly others thought of him. For most of Breyer’s adult life he has had an influential role in the legal field. This paper will summarize Justice Stephen Breyer’s early life through today. We will also analyze his jurisprudence in deciding a few classic, precedential, and controversial cases. Stephen Breyer was born on August 15th, 1938, in San Francisco, California to Irving and Anne Breyer. Breyer was born with the law in his blood, as his father was a lawyer for the San Francisco …show more content…
Edward Kennedy wanted President Carter to nominate Breyer to be on the court of Appeals for 1st Circuit (Eizenstat, 1). Breyer helped Ted Kennedy on the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, which helped deregulate the airline industry. Kennedy thought very highly of Breyer, and assumed there would be no problem in getting him appointed by President Carter to the Court of Appeals. However, there was a bit of potential controversy to his nomination. Kennedy was worried that Senator Strom Thurmond, a republican, would not allow a democrat to fill the court’s vacancy. Rather than there being any sort of dispute to the nomination, Senator Thurmond actually praised Breyer at the hearing, ultimately leading to his confirmation (Eizenstat, 2). As expected, President Carter did not hesitate to nominate and Breyer was confirmed by a vote of 80-10 by the …show more content…
Breyer clearly believes that the Constitution should be interpreted in a way that positively affects what is happening in society now. Society has changed since the Constitution was created over 200 years ago .Breyer also stated that he uses six interpretive tools when examining a case —text, history, tradition, precedent, the purpose of a statute, and the consequences (Lithwick ). Breyer obviously wants to make sure that his decision in a case does not have results that negatively affect society.
There are many interesting facts about Justice Breyer. Breyer has been involved in three serious bicycle accidents since the 1990’s. The first accident happened around the time he was being considered to take Byron White’s seat on the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, Bill Clinton ended up nominating Justice Ginsburg instead. Justice Breyer has a younger brother who is a district court judge in California. Justice Breyer enjoys bird watching and he also loves to cook. Most random and surprising, Justice Breyer was robbed by intruder with a machete while on vacation in the Caribbean (“Stephen Breyer Fast
Justice Stephen Breyer has been on the Supreme Court for almost 22 years. He was confirmed to the court by the Senate on June 29, 1994. Justice Breyer’s confirmation was not a surprise considering how highly qualified he was, as well as, how highly others thought of him. For most of Breyer’s adult life he has had an influential role in the legal field. This paper will summarize Justice Stephen Breyer’s early life through today. We will also analyze his jurisprudence in deciding a few classic, precedential, and controversial cases. Stephen Breyer was born on August 15th, 1938, in San Francisco, California to Irving and Anne Breyer. Breyer was born with the law in his blood, as his father was a lawyer for the San Francisco …show more content…
Edward Kennedy wanted President Carter to nominate Breyer to be on the court of Appeals for 1st Circuit (Eizenstat, 1). Breyer helped Ted Kennedy on the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, which helped deregulate the airline industry. Kennedy thought very highly of Breyer, and assumed there would be no problem in getting him appointed by President Carter to the Court of Appeals. However, there was a bit of potential controversy to his nomination. Kennedy was worried that Senator Strom Thurmond, a republican, would not allow a democrat to fill the court’s vacancy. Rather than there being any sort of dispute to the nomination, Senator Thurmond actually praised Breyer at the hearing, ultimately leading to his confirmation (Eizenstat, 2). As expected, President Carter did not hesitate to nominate and Breyer was confirmed by a vote of 80-10 by the …show more content…
Breyer clearly believes that the Constitution should be interpreted in a way that positively affects what is happening in society now. Society has changed since the Constitution was created over 200 years ago .Breyer also stated that he uses six interpretive tools when examining a case —text, history, tradition, precedent, the purpose of a statute, and the consequences (Lithwick ). Breyer obviously wants to make sure that his decision in a case does not have results that negatively affect society.
There are many interesting facts about Justice Breyer. Breyer has been involved in three serious bicycle accidents since the 1990’s. The first accident happened around the time he was being considered to take Byron White’s seat on the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, Bill Clinton ended up nominating Justice Ginsburg instead. Justice Breyer has a younger brother who is a district court judge in California. Justice Breyer enjoys bird watching and he also loves to cook. Most random and surprising, Justice Breyer was robbed by intruder with a machete while on vacation in the Caribbean (“Stephen Breyer Fast