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To: marshmallow

Name Religion Appt. by On the Court since
John Roberts (Chief Justice) Roman Catholic G.W. Bush 2005
Antonin Scalia Roman Catholic Reagan 1986
Anthony Kennedy Roman Catholic Reagan 1988
Clarence Thomas Roman Catholic G.H.W. Bush 1991
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jewish Clinton 1993
Stephen Breyer Jewish Clinton 1994
Samuel Alito Roman Catholic G.W. Bush 2006
Sonia Sotomayor Roman Catholic Obama 2009
Elena Kagan Jewish Obama 2010

34 posted on 07/01/2014 7:11:00 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch
Never knew much about Breyer until I read your convenient Wikipedia link. Hoo, boy:

Judicial philosophy...: Purposive approach

Breyer's pragmatic approach to the law "will tend to make the law more sensible"; according to Cass Sunstein, Breyer's "attack on originalism is powerful and convincing." In 2006, Breyer said that in assessing a law's constitutionality, while some of his colleagues "emphasize language, a more literal reading of the [Constitution's] text, history and tradition," he looks more closely to the "purpose and consequences." [emphases mine]


44 posted on 07/01/2014 8:25:56 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are g"?few." -- Walid Shoebat)
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