This understanding, underlying constitutional interpretation since the New Deal, reflects the Constitution’s — Stephen Breyer
We are selected, but I grew up in california and in san francisco and there was a system of electing judges. — Stephen Breyer
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. — Stephen Breyer
At least there’s a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over. — Stephen Breyer
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order — Stephen Breyer
And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money — Stephen Breyer
I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the — Stephen Breyer
I think it shows that if you have one group of people doing it, you’ll get another group of people doing it. — Stephen Breyer
To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty. — Stephen Breyer
People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost. — Stephen Breyer
You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that — Stephen Breyer