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Judge Charles Breyer, sibling of a former Supreme Court justice, will manage the Newsom case.

Judge Charles Breyer, sibling of a former Supreme Court justice, will manage the Newsom case.

California’s Lawsuit Against Trump Over National Guard Deployment On Tuesday, retired Justice Stephen Breyer’s younger brother, Charles Breyer, was appointed to oversee a lawsuit filed by California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom against the Trump administration. The lawsuit concerns the deployment of the National Guard, which Trump authorized in response to protests in Los Angeles County […]

Breyer defends Roberts, federal judges in Trump feud

Retired Supreme Court Judge Stephen Breyer defended a federal judge and supported Secretary John Roberts' rare public statement this week after President Trump targeted the judiciary. “You decide what you think is right by law. Duration.” Breyer said CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. “I don't want a judge to look over his shoulder at public […]

Justice Breyer puts judges above the law

Don’t fall for former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s newly published call for “pragmatism” rather than “originalism” or “textualism” as the best interpretive method. What Breyer’s suggestion amounts to is the anti-democratic idea that judges should be free to twist what the law says to suit their own prejudices — that is, they should be above the law […]

Stephen Breyer signals support for SCOTUS term and age limits

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has indicated that he supports term limits on the high court if the terms are long. “I don’t think it’s harmful,” Breyer, 85, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about age restrictions. He then turned the conversation to the concept of potential term limits, saying, “Terms […]