Justice Breyer: 'No Politics On the Court'
Justice Stephen Breyer says there are no partisan politics on the Supreme Court, only differences of analysis and interpretation.
"I haven't seen that kind of politics in the Supreme Court. Zero. It doesn't exist," he said.
What there is according to Breyer, are differences in the methods the Justices employ in arriving at their decisions:
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he frequently makes decisions about a law's constitutionality by considering its purposes and consequences, which puts him at odds with fellow justices who try to adhere strictly to the language of the Constitution.
He said there are six factors that go into evaluating a law:
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