Stephen Breyer

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#fight #help #innocent #people #prison

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#basic #every #her #his #important

Judges are appointed often through the political process. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#judges #often #political #political process #process

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#moment #nobody #political #subject #wants

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

#countries #followed #like #loads #nice

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#fair #institution #justice #liberty #protection

Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

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We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#electing #francisco #grew #i #judges

We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#bar #both #group #hand #institution

You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#affect #affects #beings #courts #federal