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

As Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor put it in their dissenting opinion in Dobbs, “Stare decisis is the Latin phrase for a foundation stone of the rule of law: that things decided should stay decided unless there is a very good reason for change. It is a doctrine of judicial modesty and humility.”

From Slate

On Tuesday, 250 years after that ride, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco raised a similar ruckus without ever leaving the bench.

From Salon

Breyer sounded the alarm by quoting Democratic Rep. William Kimmel of Maryland, an early proponent of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military in domestic law enforcement.

From Salon

While Breyer’s jurisdiction only extends to L.A., he borrowed from Kimmel and wrote, “‘If this may be done in one district may it not be done in all the districts?

From Salon

The Ninth Circuit Court’s earlier decision, which found that the president can use federal power if his ability to execute federal law has been “significantly impeded,” rather than having to meet a stricter statutory requirement, was a disaster, Breyer wrote.

From Salon