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Stephen Gerald Breyer ( / ˈbraɪ.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.
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.”
Jun 27, 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.
Justice Stephen Breyer ’64 has been named the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School. Breyer earned his A.B. magna cum laude in philosophy from Stanford University.
Apr 2, 2014 · Stephen Breyer is an associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton.
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 him.
Jan 26, 2022 · The retirement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer after more than 27 years on the Supreme Court will leave behind a much younger and shorter-tenured cohort, with an average age of just over 62.
