http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/breyer/ en-us Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:08:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267434/posts Breaking on CNBC: USSC delays Chyrsler asset sale! Mourdock: USe of Tarp Funds in automotive industry was illegal Obama admin had urged USSC NOT to keep chrysler deal on hold CNBC Breaking News (live) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267434/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:08:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120914/posts A top advisor to Barack Obama says, if elected president, the Democratic candidate will look to appoint Supreme Court justices in the mold of Justices Stephen Breyer and David Souter. “Of course, he’s interested in people of integrity and competence, that’s a given,” Pepperdine University law professor Doug Kmiec told CNSNews.com. “He’s also indicated that he’s most attracted to the kind of justice represented by Justice Breyer and Justice Souter.” Kmiec, who supports Obama and has been serving as a campaign “surrogate” for the Illinois Democratic senator, said Obama admires the qualities Souter and Breyer represent. “These justices are individuals... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120914/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119447/posts The president of a conservative Catholic group says his organization is protesting New York's Fordham University for giving an award to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The award is the 2008 Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize and is given to an individual who has been at the top of his or her career in promoting legal ethics. However, Patrick Riley, president of The Cardinal Newman Society, says the problem with honoring Justice Breyer with the award is that he is pro-choice -- and Fordham University is a Catholic school. "We have a serious concern about this, especially at a Catholic university, when... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119447/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117348/posts The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in New York is among those criticizing Fordham University for giving an award to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, a supporter of abortion rights.A spokesman for the New York Archdiocese said Cardinal Edward Egan was surprised to learn Breyer would receive an award from Fordham's law school and has spoken to the Catholic university's leaders to ensure "that a mistake of this sort will not happen again."Spokesman Joseph Zwilling said Monday that Egan was talking about Breyer's votes on the Court in favor of abortion rights.The protest against Breyer is being led... Law http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117348/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:01:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065602/posts Group also whitewashed MoveOn.org hate speech, published anti-Christian hate video The National Jewish Democratic Council is grasping at straws in its latest effort to smear John McCain. “McCain Picking on Jewish Supreme Court Justices?” (http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2008/08/mccain-picking.html) says, When Pastor Rick Warren asked Senator John McCain to name his least favorite current U.S. Supreme Court justices it seemed that he was picking on the Jewish members of our highest court. A review of the Kelo vs. New London decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that municipalities can collude with private developers to use eminent domain to steal property for private... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065602/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:54:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979417/posts WASHINGTON - The nine justices in black robes file into the Supreme Court consumed with thoughts about the great legal issues of the day. Only one of them is likely to ask questions involving raccoons, an unruly son, pet oysters or even the dreaded "tomato children." When Justice Stephen Breyer leans toward his microphone at the end of the bench, lawyers can expect to be asked almost anything. The 69-year-old Breyer is the court's most frequent practitioner of the hypothetical question, a conjurer of images that are unusual and occasionally bizarre. "The last time I was up there arguing, it... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979417/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:34:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879930/posts SAN FRANCISCO - The Supreme Court's most recent term was a difficult one, Justice Stephen Breyer said Saturday, because he found himself on the losing end of several key cases. "I was in dissent quite a lot and I wasn't happy," Breyer said at the American Bar Association's annual meeting. Breyer was one of four liberal justices who dissented in cases involving abortion rights, school integration and pay discrimination. In the school case, in which the court struck down student assignment plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle, his frustration bubbled over in a lengthy dissent that was twice as long... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879930/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:30:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873626/posts The left is astir again. From Slate to the op ed pages of the New York Times and the People for the American Way (PFAW) handouts, it is clear that the left is ginning up to replay their war against any judicial nominee this President may yet propose for any forthcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court. The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873626/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857915/posts Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shook his head. He rolled his eyes. He even grimaced once or twice as he listened to Chief Justice John Roberts read the majority opinion in the school diversity case on Thursday. As the high court ended its term, Breyer showed obvious disappointment with the opinion. For liberal members of the court, it was not the only time this year their emotions surfaced during normally placid readings of the court's opinions. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857915/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:50:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805829/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's what Justice Stephen Breyer revealed about the Supreme Court in his appearance on a radio quiz show: His judicial robe gathers no lint because it's synthetic. When it came to cracking wise, Breyer held his own with a panel of people who are paid to be funny on National Public Radio's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me." Being the funniest Supreme Court justice, he said, "is like being one of the shortest tall people." On why he even agreed to answer questions outside his area of expertise in the humbling, and often embarrassing, "Not My Job"... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805829/posts#comment Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758708/posts A few weeks back, we opined on comments from liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who admitted that he was willing to ignore the plain wording of the Constitution to accomplish what he perceived as a greater good. In a television interview, Justice Breyer said that his belief that he was protecting the integrity of our democracy led him to vote to uphold the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform measure -- secured by a narrow 5-4 majority -- even though parts of it run counter to the First Amendment. Last week, however, a federal appeals court took a step toward giving... Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758708/posts#comment Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:27:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750102/posts If judicial confirmation hearings in the Senate were one-tenth as illuminating as last night's debate between Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer at the Capitol Hilton, there would be a booming market for Supreme Court action figurines. Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society (the Birkenstocks and bow ties of the legal universe), the debate has Breyer and Scalia whacking their way through the possibility of "justice," the limitations of constitutional history, and, throughout the evening—the possibility of persuasion. The justices agree more than they differ, and they agree about nothing so much as the... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750102/posts#comment Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:55:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748443/posts Many conservatives reportedly chose not to vote in November to protest the Republican Party's abandonment of conservative principles. One potential consequence of that boycott could be a forfeiture of the chance to finally secure a majority of "originalist" justices on the Supreme Court. Granted, it was going to be tough enough for President Bush to win confirmation for another conservative nominee to the court in the face of a militant minority should a vacancy occur, but now that the Democrats have control it will be virtually impossible. This is something disgruntled conservatives should contemplate before sitting the next one out.... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748443/posts#comment Tue, 5 Dec 2006 00:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702417/posts It’s time to give Justices like Stephen Breyer their just dues by no longer respectively entertaining their legal thesis built solely on ignorance or their hopelessly flawed historical antidotes’. Justice Breyer rhetorically asks James Madison, "James, when you wrote that document, did you have in mind a document that would actually work to produce a democratic society over a period of three or four or five hundred years, or did you want a document of pristine logic that would in fact not last all that long?" Breyer asked. "Did you want it to be workable or not?" Breyer surely have... Federalist Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702417/posts#comment Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683609/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Show White's seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court Justices, according to a poll on pop culture released on Monday. According to the poll by Zogby International, commissioned by the makers of a new game show on pop culture called "Gold Rush," 57 percent of Americans could identify J.K. Rowling's fictional boy wizard as Harry Potter, while only 50 percent could name the British prime minister, Tony Blair. The pollsters spoke to 1,213 people across the United States. The results had a margin... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683609/posts#comment Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:09:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660857/posts Aaron Harber of the Aaron Harber show (harbertv.com) has an interview with Justices Breyer and O’Connor tomorrow afternoon, and he has solicited SCOTUSblog readers to help him formulate some questions for the two Honorable interviewees. So, if you have a query or two about the law or the Court that you think would be appropriate for either of the two Justices, post it as a comment on this post or e-mail jharrow [at] akingump.com by 1:00 PM Eastern Time tomorrow, Thursday, July 6. Hopefully, we can send Aaron a few good questions and he will report back to us with... SCOTUSblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660857/posts#comment Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658480/posts Rush Limbaugh Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658480/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:24:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652255/posts <p>LOST LIBERTY HOTEL GETS SECOND WIND--AN AIRPORT Eminent Domain for Hot Air Balloons?</p> <p>"I'm looking for a small town in New Hampshire to make a loud roar against the Kelo decision on its anniversary-June 23rd," stated Logan Darrow Clements.</p> <p>According to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in "Kelo vs. City of New London" a government may use eminent domain to seize homes and land to promote economic development or increase tax revenue. Meanwhile, New Hampshire statute XXXIX chapter 423 allows a town to seize land for an airport outside its border. Since this statute does not require the land to be adjacent territory any town in New Hampshire could seize land inside any other town. Thus any town in New Hampshire could seize David Souter's land in Weare, N.H. or Stephen Breyer's land in Plainfield, N.H. for the creation of an airport.</p> Freestar Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652255/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:21:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626843/posts U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer paid a hushed visit to Harvard Law School yesterday, calling Bush v. Gore the “most stressful” case during his 12-year tenure and delivering a short address on the high court’s operations. Breyer’s speech to Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree’s criminal law class was kept secret from everyone, including Ogletree’s students, until minutes before it began. After a warm greeting from the first-year students, Breyer, a Law School graduate, delivered a relaxed talk about life as a Supreme Court justice. When asked to choose the most important case of his tenure, Breyer... Harvard Crimson http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626843/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 20:06:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625797/posts NEW YORK - The job of a justice on the nation's highest court is to patrol the boundaries of American society, not to decide what kind of society it should have, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday. People are suspicious of what the court does and think it intrudes into what they do, Breyer said. "Democracy has boundaries, or rails," he said during a luncheon at New York Law School. "We are the boundary patrol." The 68-year-old justice noted that the word democracy is not found in the Constitution. But the concept, he said, is there. "When you understand... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625797/posts#comment Wed, 3 May 2006 05:38:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624618/posts Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discussed his judicial philosophy and the role of the Constitution Sunday afternoon during a public discussion with politics professor and constitutional law scholar Robert George. Breyer spoke in an almost-filled McCosh 50, touching on topics such as the importance of political participation, the "tools" that justices utilize to make constitutional rulings and the Supreme Court nominee confirmation process. "The primary goal [of the Constitution] is not to tell people what to do, but for people to decide for themselves what to do through a democratic process," Breyer said. "[The Supreme Court justices] are patrolling the... Daily Princetonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624618/posts#comment Mon, 1 May 2006 14:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1605040/posts Interestingly, Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer said the following: "You want to try a war crime. You want to say this is a war crimes tribunal," Breyer said. "One, this is not a war, at least not an ordinary war. Two, it's not a war crime because that doesn't fall under international law. And three it's not a war crime tribunal or commission because (there is) no emergency." So we are not at war - I wonder what our soldiers would have to say about that. Bizblogger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1605040/posts#comment Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1602000/posts Three disturbing trends threaten the free speech of all Americans: 1. the attempts by certain liberal judges to have constitutional issues decided by the application of international laws, 2. “hate speech” being redefined as any criticism of a religion or of any characteristic of a group, and 3. the attempts now underway to reinstate what is cunningly called “the Fairness Doctrine”. Supreme Court justices Breyer and Ginsburg, both liberals, have recently given speeches in which they argued for the application of international laws in deciding cases that came before the Supreme Court. From Sea to Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1602000/posts#comment Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:40:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592133/posts LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday the high court has more discussion and debate behind closed doors with its two new members. Breyer, though, said the court "seems to be running very well" under Chief Justice John Roberts, and he doesn't think the extra discussion is a major change. "Perhaps it has to do with younger people," Breyer, 67, told reporters at a news conference before he was to speak at the Clinton Library. President Bush's first nominee to the court, 51-year-old Roberts, was sworn in last fall, becoming the nation's youngest chief justice in... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592133/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 04:49:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574384/posts CHICAGO - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he frequently makes decisions about a law's constitutionality by considering its purposes and consequences, which puts him at odds with fellow justices who try to adhere strictly to the language of the Constitution. Breyer, on the court since 1994, didn't single out any particular justice or discuss his new colleagues, John Roberts and Samuel Alito, during his speech Tuesday at the University of Chicago Law School. He said, however, that he hadn't detected any split on the high court along Republican and Democratic ideological lines. "I haven't seen that kind of politics... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574384/posts#comment Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:44:35 GMT