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Stephen Gerald Breyer (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ər / BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) 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.
May 6, 2024 · Stephen Breyer, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1994 to 2022. Breyer was among the more liberal members of the Court, and he was highly regarded, even by conservatives, for his analytic and pragmatic rather than ideological approach to the Constitution.
Jan 26, 2022 · Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court, allowing President Joe Biden to appoint a liberal successor.
Jan 26, 2022 · U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after serving more than two decades on the nation's highest court, Supreme Court and Biden administration sources tell NPR. Breyer...
Jan 27, 2022 · In announcing Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the court, President Biden commended his almost 28 years on the bench, calling him a “model public servant.”
Mar 18, 2024 · Justice Stephen G. Breyer retired a little reluctantly in 2022, under pressure from liberals who wanted to make sure the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority would not get any more...
Jan 27, 2022 · President Biden praised retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s career at a White House event today and committed to nominating the nation’s first Black woman to the court to replace...
Apr 5, 2024 · A few years ago, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana sought me out because she was trying to implement civil rights in her country and asked me why people in the United States obey court rulings.
Jan 26, 2022 · Justice Breyer to Retire From Supreme Court. The decision gives President Biden a window to fulfill a campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman to the court.
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On May 17, 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed him on July 29 in an 87-9 vote, and he took the judicial oath about a week later. Breyer counterbalanced the originalist and textualist approaches favored by his colleague Justice Antonin Scalia.
