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Still, the President hadn't been all that comfortable with Breyer when he considered and rejected him last year for the Supreme Court seat he eventually offered to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In a face-to-face meeting at the time -- which took place just days after Breyer had suffered two broken ribs from being struck by a car while riding his bicycle -- Clinton found the judge to be "stiff and a little too eager," says a White House official involved in the selection process. "He also came across as very much of an intellectual ! who flits from issue to issue...
Breyer, a moderate who colleagues say will help bring together the divided justices, was passed over for the court last year when President Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead. Breyer is expected to be confirmed with little dispute in the Senate...
...copy of the Constitution autographed by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right...
...will find a court in which the sharp divisions of 10 years ago have subsided for now and the ideological direction is hard to discern. The centrist bloc that has emerged includes Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter and probably the most recent new Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is almost certainly a supporter of abortion rights. Since she replaced Byron White, an opponent, the court majority to uphold Roe v. Wade appears secure...
...Excuse me! Just let me finish if I may." -- JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR WHEN INTERRUPTED BY JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG DURING ORAL ARGUMENTS LAST TUESDAY; ON WEDNESDAY, GINSBURG WAS REBUKED AGAIN FOR INTERRUPTING BY JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY