Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment. Stephen Breyer judgemomentpolitical Change image and share on social
Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants. Stephen Breyer citizenfiguregovernment Change image and share on social
People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost. Stephen Breyer awfuleducatelose Change image and share on social
Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him. Stephen Breyer communityentiregood share on social
At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over. Stephen Breyer inputpointpolitic Change image and share on social
But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent. Stephen Breyer independentpersonpoint Change image and share on social
It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty. Stephen Breyer americanbasicimportant Change image and share on social
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed. Stephen Breyer constitutioncountryload Change image and share on social
We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. Stephen Breyer californiaelectfrancisco Change image and share on social
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. Stephen Breyer committeeconfirmationfront Change image and share on social
