US Supreme Court Justice Breyer unhappy with cases last term, strong belief in rule of law

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[NormsRevenge]

SAN FRANCISCO - The Supreme Court's most recent term was a difficult one, Justice Stephen Breyer said Saturday, because he found himself on the losing end of several key cases.

"I was in dissent quite a lot and I wasn't happy," Breyer said at the American Bar Association's annual meeting.

Breyer was one of four liberal justices who dissented in cases involving abortion rights, school integration and pay discrimination.

In the school case, in which the court struck down student assignment plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle, his frustration bubbled over in a lengthy dissent that was twice as long as any he had written in his 13 years on the court.

Yet with the passage of some time, Breyer said the court's term underscored his faith in the rule of law.

"When I look at it objectively, I think how I wish I'd won, but I also think, not a bad system," Breyer said.

"I'm not going to be in the majority all the time. How I wish I were, but that's the system. That's called the rule of law," he said.

Earlier, addressing another ABA audience, Breyer said the major division in the world is between people committed to resolving disputes through a system of laws and those who are not.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

“I was in dissent quite a lot and I wasn’t happy,”

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Constitution 1, Breyer 0

[NormsRevenge]

I didn’t have enough room to put up a ‘Waaaa Waaaaa’ alert. :-)

Cheers and here’s to a lot more gooseeggs for the lefties on the court and in Congre$$.

[CaptainK]

"I'm not going to be in the majority all the time. How I wish I were, but that's the system. That's called the rule of law," he said.

Here's wishing that sentiment is true for most of his tenure.

[muawiyah]

The evidence is out there however. Breyer is not the sort who believes in "the rule of law".

Fundamentally the man is a fascist who will always rule in favor of the strong against the weak.

[facedown]

"I was in dissent quite a lot and I wasn't happy," Breyer said at the American Bar Association's annual meeting.

Then do the country a favor and quit.

[Paladin2]

""I'm not going to be in the majority all the time. How I wish I were, but that's the system. That's called the rule of law," he said."

Maybe he should step down while W is still president.

[flowerplough]

“abortion rights”... and might the little child have any “life rights”?

[rbg81]

Poor Stephen wasn’t happy? Too GD bad. I see he wasted no time complaining to the MSM. Maybe they’ve got an opening for him at the World Court.

[jazusamo]

I didn’t have enough room to put up a ‘Waaaa Waaaaa’ alert. :-)

ROFL!

He wasn't happy, that's so sad. He'd better get used to that, there's going to be a lot more unhappy days. :-)

[DesScorp]

Well, at least he’s not whining about Stare Decisis.

[Taffini]

“I was in dissent quite a lot and I wasn’t happy,”

quit.

[huldah1776]

He’s not happy now, wait till he stands before the Judgment Seat and all the souls of those he murdered.

[Always Right]

If you don’t like it, quit.

[DaveyB]

I hope that Justice Stephen Breyer is very unhappy man till he is swallowed into the grave.
Breyer unhappy = America Happy!

[Trajan88]

Hey Justice Breyer...

Bush 1 & Gore 0

Bush 1 & Kerry 0

To the victor go the spoils... now don't go away mad... just go away and cry in your Cheerios with your turn-coat "partner" David Souter.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Louder: “QUIT!”

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If he would retire, maybe we could get in somebody who would do a job AMERICANS should and would do. Like the Liberals say, the status quo is unacceptable!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Isn’t Breyer the pinhead that wants America to be more like Europe and Africa? I think it’s time for the boy to pack it in and go “spend more time with the family.”

[ought-six]

A Clinton appointee, of course. Just like that extremist harridan who used to be a big wig with the ACLU, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They are two of the most anti-constitution jurists in American history.