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...court system must prepare itself for judicial decisions involving developments in genetics, Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said yesterday afternoon in an address at the Charles Hotel...
...commission] and meetings such as the one we are now attending provide additional examples of productive conversation, taking place prior to, or during, significant legal change," Breyer said...
...Breyer, a graduate of Harvard Law School, said that because none of the nine current Supreme Court justices have any background in the natural sciences, lawyers and scientists have to prepare extensive briefs to educate them about complex scientific issues...
...importance of public debate about scientific issues could be seen in 1996 when the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide, Breyer said...
...Breyer said he fears that developments in genetics have not yet been subject to the public discussion needed to ensure sound decisions...