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Stephen Gerald Breyer (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ər / BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022.
Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution is a 2005 book by United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. [1] The general theme of the book is that Supreme Court justices should, when dealing with constitutional issues, keep "active liberty" in mind, [1] which Justice Breyer defines as the right of the citizenry of the country to participate in government.
That there is significant historical, logical, and anecdotal evidence which shows that exclusive rights will provide only limited increases in the volume of literary production, particularly within certain sections of the book market. That there was limited justification for contemporary expansions in the scope and duration of copyright.
In January, Justice Stephen Breyer announced he would be stepping down from his position on the U.S. Supreme Court when the current term ended June 30. That was Breyer's last day on the bench, as...
Still, Breyer, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton and served on the court from 1994 to 2022, isn’t a stranger to evaluating cases in the middle of presidential election years that could ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer just announced he would be retiring when his term ends in June. Breyer is widely considered to be a liberal judge with a matching voting record on topics...