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“You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts”

Quote by Stephen Breyer

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Stephen Breyer is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born on August 15, 1938. He has a strong academic background in law and has accumulated extensive experience in judicial practice. more

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