Justice Breyer's ear notch test for our constitution
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Textualism, which sees a legal system's original structure as immortal, is the dominating philosophy on the court today. But retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer argues pragmatism, which considers consequences of legal decisions, is the better mindset.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.
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| 0:46.0 | Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer |
| 0:48.0 | served on the nation's highest court for 28 years |
| 0:52.0 | before stepping down in 2022. He'd been nominated by President |
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| 1:06.4 | in which he argues that textualism, |
| 1:09.1 | or the judicial philosophy of a narrow text-based reading of the Constitution is turning the |
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