{"id":2201148,"date":"2024-03-18T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-supreme-court-justice-breyer-takes-aim-at-former-colleagues-in-stunning-slam\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T12:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:58:52","slug":"retired-supreme-court-justice-breyer-takes-aim-at-former-colleagues-in-stunning-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-supreme-court-justice-breyer-takes-aim-at-former-colleagues-in-stunning-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer Criticizes Ex-Colleagues in Surprising Rebuke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fretired-supreme-court-justice-breyer-takes-aim-at-former-colleagues-in-stunning-slam%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Stephen Breyer&#8217;s Bold Critique on Constitutional\u2063 Interpretation<\/h2>\n<p>In a remarkable show of introspection and critique, <strong>former Supreme Court \u2064Justice Stephen\u200b Breyer<\/strong> voiced his concerns over the \u200bhigh court&#8217;s constitutional\u2064 interpretation strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Set to\u2063 stir the judicial landscape,\u200b Breyer&#8217;s upcoming book, <em>Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism<\/em>,\u200c offers an incisive look at the interpretative tactics favored by\u2062 many of his conservative successors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u201cRecently, major cases have come before the court\u200b while\u2062 several new justices have\u200d spent only two or\u2063 three years \u2062at the court,\u201d Breyer\u2063 notes. \u201cMajor changes take time, and there are\u200b many years left for the newly appointed \u200cjustices to\u200c decide whether they want to build the \u200blaw using only textualism and originalism.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Contentious Debate Over Constitutional Interpretation<\/h3>\n<p>The tussle between proponents of the &#8220;living Constitution&#8221; and textualists is hardly \u200ca novelty. However, \u200dBreyer dives deep into the fray with\u200b <strong>three \u2063strong critiques of\u200d originalism<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2062 unrealistically expects judges to don the \u2063hats of historians, an expertise they might lack.<\/li>\n<li>It overlooks the necessity for judges to evaluate the pragmatic outcomes of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-how-the-pence-campaign-aims-to-win-nomination-remake-party\/\" title=\"Pence Campaign's Strategy: Secure Nomination, Revamp Party\">constitutional \u2062rulings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It fails to acknowledge the dynamic evolution of societal values \u200dover time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Breyer&#8217;s approach\u2064 to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erin-hawley-supreme-court-nominations-and-the-battle-for-our-democracy\/\" title=\"Erin Hawley: Supreme Court Nominations And The Battle For Our Democracy\">constitutional interpretation<\/a> \u2062draws parallels to renowned Justices,\u200c such as Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor and Anthony Kennedy, who, despite their Republican affiliations, weighed legal decisions with broader\u200d perspectives.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u201cSandra, David \u2014 I mean, the two of them, I would\u2063 see eye to eye not necessarily in the result in every\u200d case, but just the\u200d way you approach it,\u201d Breyer reflects. \u201cAnd Tony,\u2062 too, to a considerable degree.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Breyer&#8217;s Take on\u2063 Controversial Rulings<\/h3>\n<p>Breyer \u2064also addresses the contentious Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization decision, underscoring the plethora of ethical dilemmas it introduces with regards to abortion rights.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u201cThere are too many questions,\u201d he\u2064 says. \u2063\u201cAre they really \u2062going to allow \u200dwomen to die on\u2062 the table because they won\u2019t allow an abortion which would save her \u200clife? I mean, really, no one would \u2062do that. And they \u2063wouldn\u2019t do that. And\u2063 there\u2019ll be dozens of questions like that.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Breyer has expressed discontent with the outcome of Dobbs, reminiscing \u200con fruitless\u200c efforts to prevent the overturn of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>His book intends to challenge existing juridical thought processes and \u200dadvocate for flexibility and foresight in the noble\u200b pursuit of justice. Eager readers and legal aficionados alike\u200c are encouraged to explore \u200dBreyer&#8217;s perspectives for a \u2063nuanced \u200bunderstanding of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming publication promises not just a discourse on\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-exemption-from-antitrust-bill-followed-company-donation-to-top-democrat\/\" title=\"Microsoft Exemption From Antitrust Bill Followed Company Donation to Top Democrat\">legal philosophy<\/a> but a call to \u2062action for evolving jurisprudence that resonates\u200c with our collective growth as a society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer challenges peers&#8217; constitutional interpretation in his book &#8220;Reading the Constitution,&#8221; advocating for pragmatism over textualism, a method favored by many conservative justices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2201149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/United_States_France_22336023295348-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/United_States_France_22336023295348-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}