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Breyer

American  
[brahy-er] / ˈbraɪ ər /

noun

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


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In 2015 Breyer followed suit in raising Blackmun-like arguments.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Breyer ruled that deployment was illegal — a decision that was challenged and ultimately reversed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances," Judge Breyer wrote in his ruling.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Breyer ruled in September that the administration’s deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act, an 1878 statute that prohibits the use of federal forces for domestic law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Breyer, of the Dutch steamer Valentijn, was in the South China Sea, midnight, Aug.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

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