Tag: Breyer, Stephen G

Justice Jackson, a Former Law Clerk, Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court

Less than two hours after the Supreme Court ended a wrenching term last month, it welcomed a new…

The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices, like most people, like to appear to be consistent. No one wants to…

Jackson Vows to Be Independent on Supreme Court if Confirmed

WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday emphasized “my duty to be independent” if confirmed as the…

DeSantis and the Media: (Not) a Love Story

If Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida somehow becomes the Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 2024, two factors will…

With Breyer’s Exit, a Farewell to Marshmallow Guns and Tomato Children

In 2011, he asked whether he could obtain a patent for discovering a “law of nature” based on…

For Ketanji Brown Jackson, View of Criminal Justice Was Shaped by Family

MIAMI — Ketanji Brown Jackson does not much talk about it, but when she was a college freshman,…