‘We’re producing a constitution that no one wants’: Ex- Supreme Court Justice on recent rulings

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Published 2024-03-27
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks to former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about the current Supreme Court’s recent rulings and apparent direction. #CNN #News

All Comments (21)
  • @mbcoll8154
    McConnell was dishonorable in handling scotus and a dishonorable process can't produce an honorable court.
  • @clarabow7077
    We have a SC w/ three justices that lied under oath. What is more dishonorable than that?
  • trump isn't arguing he's innocent, he's arguing he has the right to be a criminal
  • @tiasosa9961
    Listening to him speak reminds me of how far we have fallen.
  • @KeithNagel
    Breyer is arguing that the tail is wagging the dog. It is precisely the impression that politics, rather than reason and jurisprudence, is driving their rulings that is undercutting their standing in the eyes of the citizenry. They are not making unpopular rulings, they are making blatantly biased political ones.
  • @roskovair
    This felt like a waste of an interview because Justice Breyer kept going in-depth and Blitzer could take that topic deeper, but then he kept moving on to "here's the next point on my predetermined list of things you should talk about" instead of engaging with what he was saying and letting it go where it was going to go. Even while Breyer is talking, I get the sense Blitzer is just thinking about how to go to his next question. The problem with this approach is that the audience is actually listening, not thinking about their own next hot topic, so the effect of a random shift to a new topic every 60 seconds is incoherent. That's my opinion.
  • I could listen to Former Justice Breyer's Legal wisdom for hours. Such intelligent legal mind of reason, integrity, and legal elegance.
  • @tedricher7745
    Not sure why he’s omitting the corruption of Thomas and Alito. That’s why the Supreme Court is disrespected.
  • If Trump is not held accountable, the law of the land no longer applies to anyone.
  • @SRBrown9032
    Given his comment about a judge paying attention to the era, not the political temperature, would seem to support the idea of term limits for the Supreme Court. I wonder if he has any thoughts on that.
  • @richmuckey6827
    “🎉Because public opinion is one of the things that will lead people to follow the rule law” Brilliant
  • @sarabeth8050
    Another stock market record today and the world's best economy, by far. Thank you President Biden!
  • @ronald4700
    Judges should always follow the rule of law without bias or political affiliation.
  • Justice Breyer is exemplary. Thank you for your service. I want to wish you and your loved ones the best