In a speech at the University of Chicago Law School on Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he often makes decisions about a law's constitutionality by considering its purposes and consequences, which puts him at odds with justices who try to adhere strictly to the language of the Constitution. He said, however, that he hasn't detected a split on the Court along Republican and Democratic ideological lines: "I haven't seen that kind of politics in the Supreme Court. Zero. It doesn't exist."
February 09, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he frequently makes decisions about a law’s constitutionality by considering its purposes and consequences, which puts him at odds with fellow justices who try to adhere strictly to the language of the Constitution.
Breyer, on the court since 1994, didn’t single out any particular justice or discuss his new colleagues, John Roberts and Samuel Alito, during his speech Tuesday at the University of Chicago Law School.
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