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...Microsoft case is one involving a fast-moving market and a critical sector of the economy. If any case deserved expedited review by the high court, this case should qualify. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court rejected the reasoning of Justice Stephen Breyer and decided otherwise. It is now in the interest of both justice and the nation's economic well-being that a final ruling be issued in the Microsoft case as soon as possible, and also that such a ruling take substantial measures to curb Microsoft's abuse of its disproportionate market power. Anything less would make a travesty...
...case significantly effects [sic] an important sector of the economy - a sector characterized by rapid technological change," Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in his lone dissent (an unusually brief two-paragraph job). "Speed and reaching a final decision may help create legal certainty. That certainty in turn may further the economic development of that sector so important to our nation's prosperity...
...Breyer also devoted a few words to the "competing considerations" of his colleagues: The appeals court "would likely narrow, focus and initially decide the legal issues now presented here," Breyer said. "It would thereby facilitate any later deliberations in this court." Breyer figured that the Supremes, with some additional briefs and oral arguments, could have handled the pruning itself; the other eight justices said no thanks...
...Jews to positions almost as high as the vice presidency: Many of his top Cabinet deputies, like Defense Secretary William S. Cohen and former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin '61, come from Jewish backgrounds. Both of Clinton's appointees to the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, are Jewish. But hardly anyone focused on their Judaism when these men and women were tapped, and no one cited them as symbols of diversity or tolerance. With Lieberman it's different--the word "historic" seems permanently welded to his name, like the W. in George W. Bush...
...held a series of jobs in law before being named a federal judge by President Clinton in 1994--her bosses have included Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.), former Governor William F. Weld '66 and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer...