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Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term

SCOTUSBlog

He explained that the purpose of the recess appointments clause is to ensure that the government can operate even if the Senate is not in session to confirm nominees, so it doesn’t matter what label the session carries. Breyer’s penchant for pragmatism was on full display in his 2014 opinion for the court in National Labor Relations Board v.

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