“I think whether you are a judge on my court or whether you are a judge on a court of appeals or any court, and lawyers too - and if you're interested in law yourself, you'll be in the same situation - you have a text that isn't clear. If the text is clear, you follow the text. If the text isn't clear, you have to work out what it means. And that requires context.” IfsThinkingMeanLawSituationClearJudgingCourtWork OutLawyerAppealsIn-laws Author:Stephen Breyer
“We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.” JudgingGrewGrew UpCaliforniaSan FranciscoSelected Author:Stephen Breyer
“Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.” WantMomentsPoliticalSubjectsJudgingUmpiresWhim Author:Stephen Breyer
“Judges are appointed often through the political process” PoliticalProcessJudging Author:Stephen Breyer
“You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment” FeelsDifferentMomentsLinesCasesJudgingOfficeBottomSelectionBottom Line Author:Stephen Breyer
