Word: breyers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Breyer, a moderate who colleagues say will help bring together the divided justices, was passed over for the court last year when President Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead. Breyer is expected to be confirmed with little dispute in the Senate...
...Breyer was a full-time faculty member at the Law School until 1980, when he became a judge on the circuit court. Sources said he was a finalist for Harvard's presidency...
...School professors say they are pleased by the choice, but disagree on whether Breyer will move the court to the left or the right ideologically...
...perfect Clinton choice because what's needed for the court now is not just another vote for Clinton, but someone who can form a strong middle to liberal consensus," said Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz. "I think [Breyer] will have an immediate impact in helping to form a liberal consensus which will marginalize the extreme right and give much more power to the center left...
Former Harvard President and Law School Dean Derek C. Bok agreed that a slight leftward move is likely when Breyer joins the court...