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...guidelines violated defendants' right to a jury trial. But when the Justices debated a remedy, Ginsburg flipped her vote. Instead of backing the Scalia camp's solution, which was to let jurors listen to and rule on all the factors previously reserved for judges, she sided with Justice Stephen Breyer and their three other colleagues, who argued that judges should consult the guidelines but use their discretion on a case-by-case basis. Appellate courts can then decide whether those sentences are "reasonable." With that kind of room for discretion sure to enrage conservatives, it's a safe bet that...
STEPHEN G. BREYER, Supreme Court Justice, during arguments on whether states can allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, suggesting that such matters are better left to the Food and Drug Administration...
Previous Marshall Scholars include Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and scientist Ray Dolby, inventor of Dolby sound systems...
...Breyer will continue the series in Lowell Lecture Hall this afternoon at 4:15 p.m. and host a summary session and seminar tomorrow morning...
...Breyer earned undergraduate degrees from Stanford University and Magdalen College, Oxford. He graduated from Harvard Law School, then taught there and at the Kennedy School of Government. From 1980 to 1994, he served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. In 1994, he was appointed associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by then-President Bill Clinton...