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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Example Sentences

Ozzie Breyer, the son of an upstairs neighbor, fought in the Navy; upon his return he gave me a small Japanese sword in its scabbard, and when it was over he gave me one of his naval hats.

From The Wall Street Journal

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