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   Stephen Breyer

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   Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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     Active Liberty

     2005

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   What does Justice Breyer say about the Supreme Court?

   • “A rocket from a Supreme Court justice who served 28 years on the Court. Justice Breyer shows how the current Supreme Court's alleged textualism and originalism are unsound. His book is a judicial arms-control agreement advocating moderation and a path to what he calls ‘workable democracy.’

   Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

   www.amazon.com/Reading-Constitution-Chose-Pragmatism-Textualism/dp/1668021536

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   Why is Breyer's book important?

   • The book also serves as Breyer’s warning that the textualist approach by the high court’s current conservative majority has led to wrongly decided cases with significant consequences for the country — most notably the restriction of access to abortion and the expansion of gun rights.

   What Stephen Breyer’s new book says about key Supreme Court cases …

   www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/18/stephen-breyer-book-supreme-court/

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   What happened to Stephen Breyer?

   • One day in 1993, Stephen Breyer, then the chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which sits in Boston, was riding his bicycle in Harvard Square when he was hit by a car. He was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung. While he was recovering, he was visited by three White House officials.

   Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court Majority: You’re Doing It Wrong

   www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/15/reading-the-constitution-stephen-breyer-book-review

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   How did Justice Breyer interpret the Constitution?

   • This, however, is not Justice Breyer’s philosophy nor has it been the traditional way to interpret the Constitution since the time of Chief Justice John Marshall. Justice Breyer recalls Marshall’s exhortation that the Constitution must be a workable set of principles to be interpreted by subsequent generations.

   Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

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   Mar 26, 2024 · View Kindle Edition. A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.

3. www.nytimes.com › 2024/03/27 › booksBook Review: ‘Reading the Constitution,’ by Stephen Breyer ...

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   Mar 27, 2024 · Breyer explains that he wrote the book to counter the rise of “textualism,” a form of judicial interpretation that fixates on the text of the Constitution and often shades into “originalism ...

4. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2024/04/15Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court Majority: You’re Doing It ...

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   Apr 8, 2024 · Breyer’s book is organized as a series of analyses of some twenty Supreme Court cases, most of which Breyer took part in during his time on the Court. Some are major cases, like District of...

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     Justice Breyer talks new book 'The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics'

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   Mar 25, 2024 · Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discusses his book, which argues against textualism and originalism in interpreting the Constitution. He also comments on the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, and the role of precedent in judicial decision-making.

7. www.washingtonpost.com › politics › 2024/03/18What Stephen Breyer’s new book says about key Supreme Court ...

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   Mar 18, 2024 · His new book, down to its title — “Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism” — aims to cement his belief in former chief justice John Marshall’s philosophy that “the...

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   State. Reading the Constitution by Stephen Breyer - A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the...