NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his new book, Reading the Constitution, Why I chose Pragmatism not Textualism. Earlier this week, I talked to retired ...

Breyer has stepped down after nearly three decades on the nation’s highest court, leaving behind a legacy of optimism and consensus building Amanda Taheri is an editorial intern at PEOPLE. She is a ...

The justice — who served nearly 30 years on the court — is relinquishing his spot on the bench on June 30 Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in ...

WASHINGTON – Curiosity, candor and collegiality mark the professional life of Justice Stephen Breyer, a man equally at home in the halls of justice and the worlds of culture, literature, and quiz ...

Breyer was one of three Democratic-appointed justices who voted against the six Republican-appointed majority members of the high court to retain the precedent established under Roe. The outcome of ...

The former justice is calling on Americans to emulate the civility of Supreme Court justices, never mind the extreme harm some of those justices are doing. Stephen Breyer, former associate justice of ...

As Justice Stephen Breyer’s clerks and colleagues remember his role as a justice being one who deeply cared about each case and the people affected by the court’s rulings, plaintiffs lawyers link the ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is warning his colleagues against “writing too rigidly” in their opinions, saying that such decisions could “bite you in the back” in a world that is ...

Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to step down at the end of the U.S. Supreme Court's current term, is famous for citing unusual legal hypotheticals during the court's public oral argument sessions.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the following comments as he announced his plans to retire later this year at the White House: JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER: Thank you, Mr. President. That was ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after serving more than two decades on the nation's highest court, Supreme Court and Biden administration sources tell NPR. Breyer is expected to ...