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Oct. 19, 2021
Do justices studiously try to avoid deciding cases on the basis of ideology?
A review of Justice Stephen Breyer’s “The Authority of the Courts and the Peril of Politics.”
Marc D. Alexander
Attorney and Mediator
Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC)
At the outset of "The Authority of the Courts and the Peril of Politics," Justice Stephen Breyer explains he originally prepared his remarks for a presentation in France. Anyone who has ever tried to explain our institutions to citizens of a foreign country will understand our natural tendency to present those institutions in the most favorable light. In that respect, Breyer is no different from most of us. Following COVID and international travel restrictions, Breyer...
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