Category: Stephen Breyer

Supreme Court Packing Could Erode Public Trust, Justice Stephen Breyer Says

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday warned against an effort to expand the size of the nation’s highest court, citing potential damage to public trust in the judiciary branch. Breyer, a Clinton appointee who frequently sides with the liberal justices in decisions, raised alarm in his two-hour lecture at Harvard University Law School about…


Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, Has No Immediate Plans to Retire

Justice Stephen Breyer, who at 82 is the oldest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, said in an interview with Slate published on Tuesday that while he intends to retire “eventually,” he has no immediate plans to do so. Breyer remarked on his eventual retirement while responding to a question about whether he supports term…