Lecture: Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Friends of John Jay Homestead present a lecture with The Hon. Stephen G. Breyer on his book Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism on Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30pm at Bedford Playhouse in Bedford, NY.Nominated by President Clinton, Justice Breyer served on the Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was preceded by Justice Harry Blackmun and succeeded by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; he wrote 551 opinions during that 28-year career. Before the Supreme Court, he served on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980-1994) including four years as Chief Judge; before that he held many government positions, including assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. He is currently the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School. Virtually all discussions of his career mention that he was an Eagle Scout.Purchase tickets for this event at
http://johnjayhomestead.org/events-calendar/lecture-with-justice-breyer/.
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