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...Breyer's freshman performance is less than stellar, he will have the opportunity to improve. Time moves differently where he is going. Estimates Kathleen Sullivan, a professor at Stanford Law School: "It takes about a year to get into the rhythm of the court and probably a decade to figure out where your place in history is going...
...Breyer for the Court...
...some earlier eras, Breyer might have hoped to inject himself quickly into the life of the court by taking sides in one of the wars of strong personalities that have occasionally riven it. In their 1979 Supreme Court tell-all, The Brethren, Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong wrote that when William O. Douglas, who had recently had a stroke, was asked how he could decide cases when he couldn't read, Douglas replied, "I'll see how the votes and vote the other way." Today, though Antonin Scalia takes sarcastic digs at his colleagues in his opinions, the personal rancor...
...Breyer's role on the court will emerge from what might be called his judicial personality, composed of subtle valences of thought on a thousand topics, in a room where everyone knows the issues and everyone has opinions. A freshman not up to speed on most of those issues will project a sketchy profile. This may account for the different impressions made by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas, the court's newest arrivals. The extroversion of Ginsburg, an enthusiastic dancer at parties, has been heartily reflected in her courtroom demeanor -- sometimes to the annoyance of her colleagues...
...long run, Breyer is expected to settle as a moderate liberal in the court's influential middle -- Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter and Anthony Kennedy. His record with the appeals court, however, is varied (some suggest inconsistent) enough to make conservatives and liberals fear that he will eventually slide over to the other camp. Only environmentalists seemed confident that he would regularly vote their...