Stephen Breyer

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  • Dec 13 2015
    Justice Stephen Breyer On What The Court Does Behind Closed Doors, And Hamilton
    Justice Stephen Breyer On What The Court Does Behind Closed Doors, And Hamilton
    Dec 13 2015npr.org
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    One of the members of the nation's highest court dropped by the NPR Politics Podcast last week for a wide-ranging conversation about the inner workings of the Supreme Court, and Washington, changing global realities and why he loved the musical Hamilton. It's been 16 years since I last saw Justice Stephen Breyer in person. The first time we met was under more awkward circumstances when I was a student at Stanford Law School. He came to speak, my parents attended with me, and when the event was over, my tiny Chinese mother body-blocked him in the courtyard so he would take several pictures with us. My mom never takes no for an answer, and Justice Breyer seemed to quickly intuit that. I was mortified, but struck by how gentle and congenial the man was up close.