Breyer

[ brahy-er ]

noun

1. Stephen G(erald), born 1938, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994.

Example Sentences

Breyer has been cool to the idea in the past — as have other justices.

From Washington Post

Rather, Breyer wrote, “The Court assumes for argument’s sake that the copied lines can be copyrighted,” so it could focus on whether Google acted illegally.

From Time

“Agency practice shows that the Draft Biological Opinion, not the Final Biological Opinion, is the document that informs the EPA of the services’ conclusions about jeopardy,” Breyer wrote.

From Washington Post

In his dissent, Breyer said there were reasons to think such “draft” opinions were really the documents that affect whether the EPA proceeds with a rule.

From Washington Post

A decision that “garners a majority of 7-to-2 these days on the Supreme Court, a decision that includes Justice Breyer and Justice Kagan does not seem radical to me,” Lee said.

From Washington Post

It was a 6-3 decision, with Justice Steven Breyer writing the opinion and Antonin Scalia the dissent.

From The Daily Beast

The four liberal justices—Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor—will likely rule for them.

From The Daily Beast

Justice Breyer embraced the idea of having the power to search a cellphone in an emergency.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, Breyer notes, the Baby Girl decision is fact specific and does not decide “more than is necessary.”

From The Daily Beast

Justice Stephen Breyer, ordinarily a liberal vote, was meanwhile crossing over to join the conservative majority.

From The Daily Beast

He commanded them to kill General Breyer and all the rest, including me.

From Project Gutenberg

I marched up to General Breyer, who stood outside a group biting his nails.

From Project Gutenberg

So my men stood stiffly at attention, waiting for my orders or General Breyer's.

From Project Gutenberg

When I still waited for General Breyer to give me orders, the man shrieked at the troopers.

From Project Gutenberg

The pet animal of a breyer (brewer) is six score pence in value.

From Project Gutenberg