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...Breyer, who now serves as the Chief Judge for the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Puerto Rico, is on a short list of President Clinton's potential appointees for the post...
...according to The Boston Globe, Breyer is the leading candidate for the next opening on the bench, which will likely come when Justice Byron R. White retires at the end of the summer...
...Breyer] moved successfully from academia to the hardball political world of Capitol Hill and the Senate," Kenneth R. Feinberg, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's '54-'56 (D-Mass.) former administrative assistant, told the Globe. Kennedy is reportedly pushing Breyer for the high court...
...Breyer overcame Sen. Robert Morgan's (R-N.C.) opposition to successfully claim his appointment to the U.S. Appeals Court. He was a candidate for the Harvard presidency during the 1990-1991 search...
...York Times attributed Breyer's difficulties as a nominee to the fact that he had served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and in that role made significant changes in the committee's process of screening judgeship nominees...