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Stephen Gerald Breyer

Stephen Gerald Breyer

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1980–1994

Stephen Gerald Breyer , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 40–37 on the nomination on Nov 25, 1980 (). Stephen Gerald Breyer is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court.

Senate votes: 4

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1994-08-03–2022-06-30

Senate confirmation votes

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96th Congress · 40–37 · Nov 25, 1980
U
96th Congress · 68–28 · Dec 9, 1980
U
96th Congress · 80–10 · Dec 9, 1980
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
103rd Congress · Nomination Confirmed87–9 · Jul 29, 1994

Education

Stanford UniversityA.B., 1959
University of OxfordB.A., 1961
Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1964

Career

U.S. Army, 1957; Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Goldberg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1964-1965; Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1965-1967; Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1967-1994; professor, 1967-1980; lecturer, 1981-1994; Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1977-1980; Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973; Special counsel, Administrative Practices Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1974-1975; Chief counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1980; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1985-1989; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1994

Biography

Stephen Gerald Breyer is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court.

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