Stephen Breyer
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer holds a copy of the US Constitution as he answers a question during an interview with Agence France-Presse at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2012. Breyer was appointed to the Court in 1994 by US President Bill Clinton. Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court.
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It says any person who is arrested shall have the person's immigration status determined before the person is released. So I wonder if they have arrested a citizen, he's Hispanic looking, he was jogging, he has a backpack, he has water in it and Pedialyte, so they think, oh, maybe this is an illegal person
Our job on the court is to decide -- and control our stress
You might – or I'm sure you didn't, but I might sometimes have driven 60 miles an hour in a 55-mile zone ... And I shouldn't even admit this. I hope I get away with it.More quotes »
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Why The Governor Of Rhode Island Sympathizes With A Bank Robber Who Allegedly Killed A Gas Station Manager
Island Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee opposes the death penalty, and asked Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to delay the federal government's case, which would transfer the prisoner from state prison into federal custody. Pleau was charged with killing a Rhode from The Business Insider Read more »
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U.S. Supreme Court denies request for stay in Pleau case
D.C. -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Thursday denied Governor Chafee and accused killer Jason Pleau's request to delay Pleau's prosecution in federal court. Chafee and Pleau had sought to stay the return of Pleau's case to U.S. District Court, from Providence Journal Read more »
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Why running against the Supreme Court just might work for Obama
John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Elena Kagan attend U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on January 24, 2012 in Washington, from The Washington Post Read more »
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Supreme Court to consider case on secret international wiretapping
justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. From left: Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Stephen Breyer, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United from Stars and Stripes Read more »
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High court: Twins conceived after dad died cannot get benefits
on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin from Washington Times Read more »
