‘We’re producing a constitution that no one wants’: Ex- Supreme Court Justice on recent rulings

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  • Опубликовано: 26 мар 2024
  • CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks to former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about the current Supreme Court’s recent rulings and apparent direction. #CNN #News

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  • @mbcoll8154
    @mbcoll8154 Месяц назад +407

    McConnell was dishonorable in handling scotus and a dishonorable process can't produce an honorable court.

    • @Mike-01234
      @Mike-01234 Месяц назад

      He is worse then Trump. He is a traitor to his oath of office sat back and let Trump destroy this country.

    • @bradf2442
      @bradf2442 Месяц назад +41

      Worse than dishonorable! If it wasn’t from McConnell, we wouldn’t still be dealing with Trump or Roe versus Wade

    • @bradf2442
      @bradf2442 Месяц назад

      No single senator has harmed power country more than Mitch McConnell his legacy will go down in flames

    • @gbincrevanshaan4198
      @gbincrevanshaan4198 Месяц назад

      Ah so its Lurch's fault youre obsessed with Trump now eh? ​@@bradf2442

    • @DIDYOUSEETHAT172
      @DIDYOUSEETHAT172 Месяц назад +20

      Its not SCOTUS it is now MAGACOTUS!

  • @Columbiastargazer
    @Columbiastargazer Месяц назад +461

    trump isn't arguing he's innocent, he's arguing he has the right to be a criminal

    • @mananimal3644
      @mananimal3644 Месяц назад +4

      Both DJT and Joe Butcher need to go.
      🙏🏿🇵🇸❤️

    • @noville452
      @noville452 Месяц назад +8

      So true

    • @PedoPeterandcrackboy
      @PedoPeterandcrackboy Месяц назад

      Trump living comfortably rent-free in the heads of the mockingbird media cult 🤣

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад +7

      What has he been convicted of? & would any of this be happening if he wasn’t running for president?
      While we’re at it, why is the border wide open for anyone to come in? 10,000,000 at this point. Imagine if Trump did that. You would be livid. We know why they’re doing this.

    • @NoQuarterfordems
      @NoQuarterfordems Месяц назад

      Trump living comfortably rent-free in the heads of the mockingbird media cult

  • @clarabow7077
    @clarabow7077 Месяц назад +304

    We have a SC w/ three justices that lied under oath. What is more dishonorable than that?

    • @warrenkelly7720
      @warrenkelly7720 Месяц назад +22

      DECEIVING AND MISLEADING IS STILL LYING AND PERJURY AND THEY ALL LIED

    • @jimathyjohnathy6996
      @jimathyjohnathy6996 Месяц назад +6

      @@warrenkelly7720 GOOO GIRLL!!!!!

    • @williestyle35
      @williestyle35 Месяц назад

      The last three Judges appointed all definitively lied under oath to Congress. They said "Roe was the law of the land", yet could not wait to find a way to overturn it.

    • @loredanawilkerson6899
      @loredanawilkerson6899 Месяц назад +1

      fg putting them there.

    • @MP-gz9ju
      @MP-gz9ju Месяц назад

      Yep, the Trump appointed sellouts are liars who are willing to reverse your civil rights when and if it pleases their “evangelical” hearts. They are the epitome of unAmerican.

  • @roskovair
    @roskovair Месяц назад +75

    This felt like a waste of an interview because Justice Breyer kept going in-depth and Blitzer could take that topic deeper, but then he kept moving on to "here's the next point on my predetermined list of things you should talk about" instead of engaging with what he was saying and letting it go where it was going to go. Even while Breyer is talking, I get the sense Blitzer is just thinking about how to go to his next question. The problem with this approach is that the audience is actually listening, not thinking about their own next hot topic, so the effect of a random shift to a new topic every 60 seconds is incoherent. That's my opinion.

    • @janejones8672
      @janejones8672 Месяц назад +2

    • @cathynewyork7918
      @cathynewyork7918 Месяц назад +5

      I agree. There is proof that you are correct - early in this video, Wolf asks a question and Justice Breyer starts answering it. While Mr. Breyer is speaking, Wolf briefly looks down at his notes on the blue paper on the desk and briefly shuffles them - while his guest is speaking - NOT listening, not making eye contact - just looking for his next question. Dang.

    • @shirleyashanti3031
      @shirleyashanti3031 Месяц назад +6

      Well, he wants him to say what he knows he will not or cannot as he is still consulted. I think the salient point was made. Also, it's mainly to promote the book, not an in-depth interview.

    • @ressana.8622
      @ressana.8622 Месяц назад +3

      Breyer spoke to Kirsten Walker on another network, and basically dodged in depth discussion of the majority of topics. He is very reluctant to speak on current topics, so it makes sense that Blitzer knows not to press further.

    • @enough_about_me
      @enough_about_me Месяц назад +1

      Absolutely, my thoughts to “Blister” was to shut up and listen whilst engaging with an actual wordsmith.

  • @KeithNagel
    @KeithNagel Месяц назад +210

    Breyer is arguing that the tail is wagging the dog. It is precisely the impression that politics, rather than reason and jurisprudence, is driving their rulings that is undercutting their standing in the eyes of the citizenry. They are not making unpopular rulings, they are making blatantly biased political ones.

    • @Echo-o-o
      @Echo-o-o Месяц назад +31

      Yes, the conservative majority leaning goes beyond mere textualism.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Месяц назад +27

      that's how originalism works.
      figure out what decision you want ... and then work backwards to cherry-pick text.
      proof: dobbs' witches (ffs)

    • @MfBadass
      @MfBadass Месяц назад +2

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    • @KenS1267
      @KenS1267 Месяц назад +17

      Everyone who pays attention knew this how they were going to do things. Wait until you see the chaos unleashed when they reverse the Chevron case based on just they don't like that agency experts do what the law says and make rules. Every single federal regulation someone with the cash doesn't like is going to be challenged and without Chevron the circuit court judges are going to have to make rulings about the merits of hyper technical regulatory matters.

    • @sgtbuck5933
      @sgtbuck5933 Месяц назад

      Actually this is the first time in a long while that they havent been making political rulings. Read the Constitution. It would do you good. Youve been abdicating your rights for so long you dont even know the rights youve lost.

  • @SlipstreamDigital
    @SlipstreamDigital Месяц назад +28

    I could listen to Former Justice Breyer's Legal wisdom for hours. Such intelligent legal mind of reason, integrity, and legal elegance.

  • @tiasosa9961
    @tiasosa9961 Месяц назад +178

    Listening to him speak reminds me of how far we have fallen.

    • @bettyriley7295
      @bettyriley7295 Месяц назад +7

      It sure does.

    • @pageek3487
      @pageek3487 Месяц назад +4

      Yep 😢

    • @gbincrevanshaan4198
      @gbincrevanshaan4198 Месяц назад

      Who pedojoe? Yeah its pretty bad. He cant even say the word "play" anymore. He thinks its "paying politics". But he also thinks he and cornpop freed the slaves so...

    • @terryhansen5928
      @terryhansen5928 Месяц назад

      Disaster to follow his justice.

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 Месяц назад

      He is advocating legislating from the bench.

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  • @TheFlutecart
    @TheFlutecart Месяц назад +185

    Brilliant man with insight and forethought.

    • @lordchaa1598
      @lordchaa1598 Месяц назад +8

      He would be fascinating to have a one on one conversation with. If only some of the other justices on the court had half the honor and integrity this man bestows.

    • @abdul-qf2fe
      @abdul-qf2fe Месяц назад +5

      He is,indeed 🧐👍

    • @terryharker6726
      @terryharker6726 Месяц назад

      Deception he's brilliant in that area

    • @MfBadass
      @MfBadass Месяц назад +1

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    • @readynowforever3676
      @readynowforever3676 Месяц назад +4

      @@MfBadassFeigning roaring laughter will not conceal your utter disdain for the greatness of America.

  • @DailyKaizen
    @DailyKaizen Месяц назад +111

    Masterclass wisdom by Stephen Breyer

    • @terryharker6726
      @terryharker6726 Месяц назад +2

      Is master of deception

    • @MfBadass
      @MfBadass Месяц назад

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    • @y-ddraig
      @y-ddraig Месяц назад +5

      ​@@terryharker6726Is Russian bot.

    • @TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT
      @TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT Месяц назад

      *The only thing we’re "producing" is a Marxist banana republic replete with politically-motivated kangaroo courts.*

  • @SRBrown9032
    @SRBrown9032 Месяц назад +23

    Given his comment about a judge paying attention to the era, not the political temperature, would seem to support the idea of term limits for the Supreme Court. I wonder if he has any thoughts on that.

  • @tedricher7745
    @tedricher7745 Месяц назад +139

    Not sure why he’s omitting the corruption of Thomas and Alito. That’s why the Supreme Court is disrespected.

    • @adrienst-julien7290
      @adrienst-julien7290 Месяц назад

      The only ones respectful right now are the 4 women because they are the only ones that said they were not confortable with the decision of allowing criminals on the voting ballots.

    • @dbadagna
      @dbadagna Месяц назад +16

      Justice Elena Kagan was concerned about the ethical implications of receiving bagels and lox from her high school friends, over concerns she could be violating the court's ethics rules for accepting gifts.

    • @williestyle35
      @williestyle35 Месяц назад +9

      Alito had colluded with Leonard Leo to "stack" the SCotUS. Clearance Thomas has obviously received gifts that he had no intention of even declaring.

    • @user-od2br1vh7p
      @user-od2br1vh7p Месяц назад +3

      he is as crooked as the ones on the court

    • @jewsrbad
      @jewsrbad Месяц назад

      The only corruption is the democratic party

  • @leahd4878
    @leahd4878 Месяц назад +152

    Miss this type of judge.

    • @vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022
      @vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022 Месяц назад +3

      Leftist?

    • @K_Z_R
      @K_Z_R Месяц назад

      @@vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022 the fox angertainment comment section was just asking about you, payaso. You think Donald would lift UN DEDO para TI O TU FAMILIA? JAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJJAAJ 🤡

    • @jimathyjohnathy6996
      @jimathyjohnathy6996 Месяц назад +2

      @@vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022 men?

    • @curt0571
      @curt0571 Месяц назад

      Troll who just joined you tube?

    • @vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022
      @vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022 Месяц назад +1

      @@curt0571 Breyer's a troll?

  • @richmuckey6827
    @richmuckey6827 Месяц назад +9

    “🎉Because public opinion is one of the things that will lead people to follow the rule law”
    Brilliant

  • @charlesmartin1121
    @charlesmartin1121 Месяц назад +202

    We certainly have a SCOTUS that no one wants.

    • @unbreakable7633
      @unbreakable7633 Месяц назад +5

      All 9.

    • @guidoconvertino3571
      @guidoconvertino3571 Месяц назад

      It's the Supreme Rigged Court of the United States (SCROTUS)

    • @harold9394
      @harold9394 Месяц назад

      @@unbreakable7633about 6 of them.

    • @MfBadass
      @MfBadass Месяц назад

      Trump living comfortably rent-free in the heads of the mockingbird media cult 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @terryharker6726
      @terryharker6726 Месяц назад

      Why?Because they are holding on to our constitution and democracy by the skin of their teeth from the wolves in office right now

  • @randyscrafts8575
    @randyscrafts8575 Месяц назад +69

    If Trump is not held accountable, the law of the land no longer applies to anyone.

    • @judykinsman3258
      @judykinsman3258 Месяц назад +12

      Oh it will apply to poor & underserved people

    • @randyscrafts8575
      @randyscrafts8575 Месяц назад +2

      @@judykinsman3258 That will be their choice.

    • @dbadagna
      @dbadagna Месяц назад +8

      All nine justices just ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says insurrectionists can hold federal office, when its text says the opposite, in clear and unambiguous terms.

    • @janejones8672
      @janejones8672 Месяц назад

      Trump is going to scrap the Constitution anyways, if he gets back in office

    • @jimathyjohnathy6996
      @jimathyjohnathy6996 Месяц назад

      Lil dude, ur so right. Look at shicko grubers statements on ww2, I found it really interesting looking at how similar it is to the Democrats.

  • @shirleyashanti3031
    @shirleyashanti3031 Месяц назад +9

    Such a lovely man, one of my favorites at explaining things. Curious, fascinating mind. ❤❤❤

  • @promeitheus
    @promeitheus Месяц назад +17

    The court lost me at Citizen’s United.

    • @alviverdeus
      @alviverdeus Месяц назад

      Bush v. Gore was the moment when the modern SCOTUS lost its way.

  • @LeandroVelez7
    @LeandroVelez7 Месяц назад +57

    Justice Breyer was one of my favorite SC Justices.

    • @vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022
      @vallejoborncalihasbecomeal9022 Месяц назад

      He was a douc*bag leftist!

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 Месяц назад

      Fan of legislating from the bench?

    • @LeandroVelez7
      @LeandroVelez7 Месяц назад +1

      @@badluck5647 Like the current SC? Nope.

    • @godfathaofyo
      @godfathaofyo Месяц назад

      You had no clue who he was until the Dems pressured him to retire so they don't have another RBG on their hands

    • @godfathaofyo
      @godfathaofyo Месяц назад

      @@LeandroVelez7 Reading the constitution, and understanding Federalism is legislating from the bench?

  • @ronald4700
    @ronald4700 Месяц назад +6

    Judges should always follow the rule of law without bias or political affiliation.

    • @Sarcasmarkus
      @Sarcasmarkus Месяц назад

      Exactly, no going with the "climate of the era"

  • @christopherthomas9218
    @christopherthomas9218 Месяц назад +40

    Listening to him makes me feel like I'm in class.

  • @susanavilez9302
    @susanavilez9302 Месяц назад +9

    I think Bryers opinions are more valuable to the public, then to protect the current justices. Stop the Stench of the Supreme Court.

  • @franciscoroman9927
    @franciscoroman9927 Месяц назад +12

    Justice Breyer is exemplary. Thank you for your service. I want to wish you and your loved ones the best

  • @sarabeth8050
    @sarabeth8050 Месяц назад +130

    Another stock market record today and the world's best economy, by far. Thank you President Biden!

    • @BB-nw3mj
      @BB-nw3mj Месяц назад +15

      Vote Blue!!!

    • @TheBigStink9268
      @TheBigStink9268 Месяц назад +13

      The whole rotten gop must go

    • @Tibbsj79
      @Tibbsj79 Месяц назад +1

      @@BB-nw3mj let’s not!

    • @PedoPeterandcrackboy
      @PedoPeterandcrackboy Месяц назад

      I love CNN the lowest rated network in all of media..I'm a proud member of the mockingbird media cult

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад +3

      What has he been convicted of? & would any of this be happening if he wasn’t running for president?
      While we’re at it, why is the border wide open for anyone to come in? 10,000,000 at this point. Imagine if Trump did that. You would be livid. We know why they’re doing this.

  • @alviverdeus
    @alviverdeus Месяц назад +5

    Hamilton was wrong. The concerns in 1787 about an imperial Supreme Court accountable to no one were completely on the mark. Appointments should have been for a defined term of years with no renewals.

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger Месяц назад +1

      10-15 years, I think. Long enough to outlast presidents, short enough not to be behind the times.

  • @cordbarnes
    @cordbarnes Месяц назад +17

    The way he describes textualism reminds me of classmates I’ve had who ask for help with homework and then look annoyed when you ask them have they read their textbook. Just reminds me of intellectual laziness and a lack of desire to do the rigorous work sometimes required to gain clarity. It feels like a cop out. But again this is just what I gain from how he described Scalia’s response of essentially: “Sounds like a lotta work and only people like you are willing to do it, so the merits (sorry for swearing) of your approach are irrelevant.”

    • @dbadagna
      @dbadagna Месяц назад +4

      It's similar to the fundamentalist (Protestant) vs. Catholic approaches to the reading of scripture.

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger Месяц назад +1

      I mean, on the one hand, the law is the law, and the words in law matter, BUT there's something to be said for a pragmatic argument that leans more on practicality+the inalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence. The court is at its best when it protects individual rights from government overreach, such as in the Obergefell, Brown, and Loving decisions. It's at its worst when it upholds the government removing rights, such as in the Dred Scott and Dobbs decisions.

    • @dbadagna
      @dbadagna Месяц назад +1

      @@wordforger What about the "right" of an insurrectionist to hold state or federal office?

  • @fuzzfacelogic789
    @fuzzfacelogic789 Месяц назад +8

    Good interview with intelligent and wise words from Stephen Breyer. I do understand why he didn't want to say anything about the immunity case, but the delay in that really bleeps me off.

  • @sox2000
    @sox2000 Месяц назад +4

    I absolutely LOVE this interview because, having watched a few of Justice Breyer's interviews since he left the Court, THIS is the one where you feel like he's finally getting his footing as a former Justice. He's far more confident, learning to balance his role as a former Justice who understands the importance of being restrained and statesman-like in public commentary with the fact that he's now a private citizen who desperately wants to still teach and communicate with the people his past office touches day in and out.

  • @Sticky-Situation
    @Sticky-Situation Месяц назад +46

    Reform and expand the court

    • @KurtLeroy-mx1xi
      @KurtLeroy-mx1xi Месяц назад +2

      That is a very bad idea that kind of stupid thinking leads to only one person being in charge like Russia.

    • @Matt-nv8je
      @Matt-nv8je Месяц назад +3

      ​@@KurtLeroy-mx1xiExpand it with all Republican judges!

    • @SimplySketchyXbox
      @SimplySketchyXbox Месяц назад +2

      @@KurtLeroy-mx1xinot really considering the Supreme Court is supposed to have a justice for each circuit court of which there are 13.

    • @KurtLeroy-mx1xi
      @KurtLeroy-mx1xi Месяц назад +1

      @@SimplySketchyXbox That would be fine if it was half Republican and half democrat and stuck to protecting the constitution.

    • @KurtLeroy-mx1xi
      @KurtLeroy-mx1xi Месяц назад +1

      @@Matt-nv8je Nope it should always be 50/50

  • @cratecruncher4974
    @cratecruncher4974 Месяц назад +7

    "climate of the era..." Breyer's my favorite justice because of these personal type interviews. He taught me a LOT about SCOTUS over the years. It's 2024 and I really miss those kinds of interviews. Why don't individual justices currently serving do interviews anymore? Hmm.

    • @Sarcasmarkus
      @Sarcasmarkus Месяц назад

      "Climate ofvl the era"
      Sounds like "read the room"
      A judges job isn't to do what everyone in the "era" would prefer.

    • @cratecruncher4974
      @cratecruncher4974 Месяц назад

      @@Sarcasmarkus "separate but equal" was a compromise of the 18th century to avoid ripping the country apart. By 1955 American values had changed and the SCOTUS was demanding disintegration of public schools in the South. That's not reading a room.

  • @debrawooding6940
    @debrawooding6940 Месяц назад +1

    Brilliant! So much respect for Stephen Breyer…

  • @michaeldiogenesbest6127
    @michaeldiogenesbest6127 Месяц назад +29

    FORMER!!
    NOT EX-Justice.........

  • @melissasweeting-percentie6679
    @melissasweeting-percentie6679 Месяц назад +8

    Mr Blitzer, this is very good. You should bring in voices from the Commonwealth so many rich voices you can tap into. The US started off with Common Law norms but as a distinctive entity separate from Britain. We all benefit from the 'shady, leafy protection' from the scorching sun of 'codified law' which normally results in violent popularism (U.S. Independence, Haiti, France during the Revolution). Please explore this further.

  • @kristachapis2488
    @kristachapis2488 Месяц назад +11

    The politicization of decisions are just a piece of the problem; it's the blatant and rampant ethical lapses that are almost a daily occurrence that makes the public lose trust and respect for the court. Taking bribes, no accountability, nonexistent ethic code makes the justices believe they are above the law they SAY they uphold. We need court reform, ethic standards and term limits for the Supreme Court to earn the public's trust.

    • @spotty67
      @spotty67 Месяц назад

      It's in shambles. Three of them are Trump picks and they rule in favour regardless . Thomas, Roberts are a stain on the constitution. You have a former President that praises Hitler in one breath and the other says he wants total immunity from any decision that he makes. A proper supreme court would not consider any of this.

  • @richardmiller9883
    @richardmiller9883 Месяц назад +2

    If you're going to ask questions you know he won't answer, ask him about the corruption.

  • @NoahCulbreth
    @NoahCulbreth Месяц назад +5

    Wolf Blitzer looks like he’s getting a lecture from his grand dad after he asked “what’s a textualist” and “does the president have absolute immunity?”

  • @vincentkeith1800
    @vincentkeith1800 Месяц назад +3

    This went nowhere.

  • @tommcfadden5232
    @tommcfadden5232 Месяц назад +15

    The meaning of words is often fluid across time.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Месяц назад +3

      it is.
      one (of MANY) examples: when my dad was born (1930), "terrific" meant terrible.
      eg: "It was a terrific storm."
      imagine saying now that "It was a terrific cat5 hurricane."

    • @user-ip5dm6jf8k
      @user-ip5dm6jf8k Месяц назад

      Bullshit!

    • @beepboopbeep5456
      @beepboopbeep5456 Месяц назад +2

      Which is why originalism is correct.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Месяц назад +1

      @@beepboopbeep5456 ANYONE who reads a book older than 50 years needs to understand how words shifted, you child.
      part of shakespeare actually: "I'm fat and scant of breath" doesn't mean overweight.
      so tell us all: how is originalism different from Breyer?

    • @beepboopbeep5456
      @beepboopbeep5456 Месяц назад +1

      @@op3129 The fact that words change meaning over time is why textual originalism is right, because what the words meant when they were written are what the meaning was. If we have a contract, the terms don't change with the language. Neither do laws. What Breyer is advocating is an assumption of popular will in lieu of elections and lawmaking which is actually driven by popular will. He is advocating for no law at all. It isn't complicated or controversial, except to the intellectually and morally bankrupt.

  • @princedetenebres
    @princedetenebres Месяц назад +3

    It would be great if CNN or other folks interviewing the Justice would defer the interviews from their usual hosts to their legal experts so that the conversation could be with someone who had the experience to ask questions befitting the rare opportunity; these hosts are too much of generalists and are terrible at questioning Breyer.

  • @DealerDream82
    @DealerDream82 Месяц назад +7

    Breyer is a remarkable man. Level headed and shows what the SCOTUS used to be. His comment of Not having a rule of law resonated and hit home hard.

  • @mikekelley2877
    @mikekelley2877 Месяц назад +20

    Every day, I'm reminded of my good judgement in not voting Republican.

    • @PedoPeterandcrackboy
      @PedoPeterandcrackboy Месяц назад

      FJB MAGA 🇺🇲

    • @mikekelley2877
      @mikekelley2877 Месяц назад

      @@PedoPeterandcrackboy you misspelled FDT

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад

      What policies of Trump’s affected your life do horribly? & what policy of Biden’s has made your life so much better?

    • @TheRealBlueValhalla
      @TheRealBlueValhalla Месяц назад +3

      My aunt died from covid. So many died because of Trump.

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад

      @@TheRealBlueValhalla I’m sorry to hear that. I really am. How did Trump cause people to die though? He never told anyone to not get the vaccine?

  • @user-zu5do6ri6r
    @user-zu5do6ri6r Месяц назад +2

    The constitution is just plain ignored these days.

  • @GALENO713
    @GALENO713 Месяц назад +9

    What an awesome man Justice Breyer.

  • @UncleEbenezer77
    @UncleEbenezer77 Месяц назад +49

    Fdt & ALL who support him!

    • @mananimal3644
      @mananimal3644 Месяц назад

      Both DJT and Joe Biden.
      Will never vote for Biden again. Never.
      🙏🏿🇵🇸❤️

    • @UncleEbenezer77
      @UncleEbenezer77 Месяц назад

      @@mananimal3644​​⁠I’m not necessarily pro-Joe, but I am extremely anti-autocracy and 45 wants to be Hitler, so…

    • @PedoPeterandcrackboy
      @PedoPeterandcrackboy Месяц назад

      Trump living comfortably rent-free in the heads of the mockingbird media cult 🤣

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад

      What has he been convicted of? & would any of this be happening if he wasn’t running for president?
      While we’re at it, why is the border wide open for anyone to come in? 10,000,000 at this point. Imagine if Trump did that. You would be livid. We know why they’re doing this.

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад

      @@PedoPeterandcrackboy it’s just sad lol they’re all going to be out of work once he is done with the political world. They have zero charisma, just orange man bad!

  • @littlerainyone
    @littlerainyone Месяц назад +2

    The court doesn't "produce a constitution". There is a process for amending the constitution. If that is too burdensome, then amend the constitution to make the amendment process easier. If constitutionalism puts us in an intolerable straightjacket, then abandon constitutionaism. But the idea that we can have a constitution that is not actually a constitution is incoherent. Constitutions are a needed emendation to majority rule, but the rights of minorities that are exempt from majority tyranny have to be clearly stated in the constitution, otherwise judicial discretion can be put at the service of any group whatsoever. Woodrow Wilson thought constitutionalism was obsolete and said so. At least he had the honesty and clarity to state his conviction accurately, unlike the weasel words of people like Bryer who no longer believe in the concept but profess to want to keep a constitution. Translate what he says into English and you get: "I want courts that can override legislatures in any and all matters provided they rule the way I like."

  • @fayemcdonald6527
    @fayemcdonald6527 Месяц назад +7

    Too bad there weren’t more judges on the SC like this with common sense, compassion, accountability.

  • @alaakela
    @alaakela Месяц назад +4

    Identify those who wants the current SCOTUS. The federalist society, large corporations, the republican party.
    The current SCOTUS exists bc powerful interests want it.

  • @SchlumiBenLuschi
    @SchlumiBenLuschi Месяц назад +3

    The Turtle turned SCOTUS into SCROTUS

  • @user-jq8dn5ld8s
    @user-jq8dn5ld8s Месяц назад

    I could listen to his stories all day.😊

  • @janiekcarney5482
    @janiekcarney5482 7 дней назад +1

    So True!!!

  • @balmpatchvideos
    @balmpatchvideos Месяц назад +14

    Clarence Thomas has a white eye

    • @bmolitor615
      @bmolitor615 Месяц назад +2

      feels like a movie by Jordan Peele...

    • @mr.majestic3851
      @mr.majestic3851 Месяц назад +2

      And a black eye also .

    • @melted_cheetah
      @melted_cheetah Месяц назад +2

      He has an eye on a new luxury RV and some fancy trips that’s for sure.

    • @TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT
      @TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT Месяц назад

      *The only thing we’re "producing" is a Marxist banana republic replete with politically-motivated kangaroo courts.*

    • @janejones8672
      @janejones8672 Месяц назад +3

      Clarence Thomas has been bought and paid for years ago

  • @Matt-nv8je
    @Matt-nv8je Месяц назад +3

    I want it!

  • @minutemeditations14All
    @minutemeditations14All Месяц назад +1

    Good man.
    Excellent Judge.
    Good man.

  • @wandagates9887
    @wandagates9887 21 день назад +1

    Pack the Court

  • @HKim0072
    @HKim0072 Месяц назад +3

    Need term limits for checks and balances: 25 year term should be enough.

    • @godfathaofyo
      @godfathaofyo Месяц назад

      Wahhh...i don't like half this country, my team isn't winning, let me change the rules and flip the game board. Just pack the court with you judges while we're at it.

  • @david4096
    @david4096 Месяц назад +40

    Thank Mosco Mitch.For most of this .Thank putin next then Trump then his Cult.

    • @rickpontificates3406
      @rickpontificates3406 Месяц назад

      Putin WAITED until his BUDDY, Biden was in office before massing troops on the Ukraine border and invading. THANK BIDEN for a war that wouldn't have happened under Trump

    • @gbincrevanshaan4198
      @gbincrevanshaan4198 Месяц назад

      No youre just an ignorant cultist who doesnt know any better. Im guessing you still call january 6th an "insurrection" right cultist?

    • @janejones8672
      @janejones8672 Месяц назад

      Trump has ruined this country on a permanent basis. America will never be the same.

    • @KILLAWATTS804
      @KILLAWATTS804 Месяц назад +2

      Thank the Democrats for still playing the same old game instead of recognizing the GOP aim to end democracy.🫤

    • @gbincrevanshaan4198
      @gbincrevanshaan4198 Месяц назад

      @@KILLAWATTS804 uhhh sport...that was a narrative democrat brainwashed you with. Sit down.

  • @didifischervideo
    @didifischervideo Месяц назад +2

    The "perfect crime"? Be born superrich, do everything in your life in broad daylight, hire the most ruthless lawyers - and if you are afraid of getting cought in the end: run for president?

  • @georginaidoo2529
    @georginaidoo2529 Месяц назад

    The judge speaks so eloquently and so much of wisdom

  • @W_Bin
    @W_Bin Месяц назад +14

    Presidential system was devised for a farming community of 4 million people with a very simple life view. It does not work in a pluralistic country of millions.
    Presidential systems have proved to create dictatorships.
    You need direct ministerial responsibility. Break it down into electoral portfolios with STV vote: foreign affairs, justice, revenue, regulation, social welfare etc. Maybe with 2-3 elected for each portfolio. Then people can vote for policies instead of tribes. And representatives will have to work instead of grand-standing.

    • @albertdalton9644
      @albertdalton9644 Месяц назад +5

      But that would give the power to the people. Our Representatives have worked hard to get where they are today, can't go messing up things now.

    • @Kygranny
      @Kygranny Месяц назад +2

      Sounds interesting. What country has this type of government?

    • @W_Bin
      @W_Bin Месяц назад

      @@KygrannyNone. All current forms of government were devised before the information age for societies with far simpler issues. That's why you see fascists being elected in Europe by people who don't necessarily want fascism but are forced to vote for a bucket of policies, and choose which is most important to them. It disempowers people.
      In parliamentary democracies with MMP at leastt individuals can be voted out in electorates, governments appoint ministers responsible for ministries which are individually accountable can be and are voted out for unpopular policies or incompetence. (They don't dare keep corrupt MPs on their list, they are instantly fired on a whiff of bad faith.)
      But even that's too unanswerable.

    • @Sarcasmarkus
      @Sarcasmarkus Месяц назад

      ​@@W_Binits the same existential issues, just more people.

    • @W_Bin
      @W_Bin Месяц назад

      @@Sarcasmarkus"same existential issues, just more people." YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE - OR YOUR EMPLOYER'S STUPIDITY THINKING THAT EVERYONE ELSE ID SO STUPID.

  • @robbielanoue2690
    @robbielanoue2690 Месяц назад +3

    It's the same argument theologians have. How can anyone believe that people in 1776 were able to articulate the needs of all future people? We have to interpret all this stuff. But it's not terribly surprising that a voting body of biblical literalists (the religious right/maga) would put a supreme court of constitutional literalists.

    • @fenrir7878
      @fenrir7878 Месяц назад

      Well are you surprised. These are the same people telling you what Jebus thought 2000 years.

  • @rahulshah1408
    @rahulshah1408 5 дней назад

    Literally the argument Plato was discussing. What does a speech say. The same thing every time. He believed in creating a framework that can adapt to times and changing values.

  • @cj7810
    @cj7810 Месяц назад +1

    Love justice breyer

  • @W_Bin
    @W_Bin Месяц назад +16

    What do you expect when you create a right to lie.
    You reap what you sow.
    The sad part is you are poisoning the rest of the world.

  • @shezanm
    @shezanm Месяц назад +6

    Wolf was trying to trick Mr. Breyer into answering questions...He's too smart for that Wolf.

    • @onlyme2262
      @onlyme2262 Месяц назад

      Keep in mind,,,cnn=communist news network. They hate the constitution.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Месяц назад +1

      what didn't Breyer answer?
      (he answered every question ... wtf is wrong with you?!?)

    • @HomeGypsy
      @HomeGypsy Месяц назад

      @@op3129He wouldn’t answer regarding the Supremes and Trump’s absolute immunity Defense.

  • @magicalfrijoles6766
    @magicalfrijoles6766 Месяц назад +2

    There are two other famous men in their 80s that I wish had the humility to step aside.

  • @luisitodomingo4292
    @luisitodomingo4292 Месяц назад

    Look at the wisdom of this judge. I wish that current SCOTUS justices were honorable as he is.
    Read his book and learn.

  • @mercator79
    @mercator79 Месяц назад +3

    Makes me remember when there was more class in the SOTUS. Now we have beer guy

    • @Gabbyness41
      @Gabbyness41 Месяц назад

      And bought and paid for bad faith actors.

  • @W_Bin
    @W_Bin Месяц назад +3

    *_Everyone please note and share: to see all comments, click the "sort by" above the list and select "newest"._*
    *_the default "Top" is not a "sort by". YT filters comments._* 🤐
    (Please upvote this comment to keep it at the top so people can see it.)

  • @IndependentIvy
    @IndependentIvy Месяц назад

    Stephen Bryers rythm of speaking is so cool and interesting. Listen to him more. It’s so fascinating and kinda soothing

  • @hermanhelmich
    @hermanhelmich Месяц назад +1

    Impressive and wise man

  • @melted_cheetah
    @melted_cheetah Месяц назад +4

    Term limits. No free rides. We shouldn’t be burdened with people for their lifetime once they get in a position of power and no oversight.

    • @phoque121
      @phoque121 Месяц назад +1

      Probably term limits were not necessary or thought of in the past because life expectancy was so much lower

    • @Krispy1011
      @Krispy1011 Месяц назад

      term limits are in place cuz they wanted to keep the US constitution in focus from the day it was created, every time someone new is added that takes a little bit away from the original context and meaning of what the founding fathers created. @@phoque121

  • @walterhoenig6569
    @walterhoenig6569 Месяц назад +7

    Textualists my arse.

  • @guinsey
    @guinsey Месяц назад +2

    Thomas didn't stop thinking about himself.

  • @grandeprairietourism3931
    @grandeprairietourism3931 Месяц назад

    Fantastic news, thank you so much Wolfe and CNN. This is important. Hopefully, those who need to hear this key news, will. Best wishes from neighbours to the north 🇨🇦

  • @sinc6057
    @sinc6057 Месяц назад +1

    Dear Justice I live in Scotland and I wish SCOTUS had your moral decency, but I’m afraid 😟 it’s wishful thinking. Have Happy retirement 😢

  • @Chris-Phantomview
    @Chris-Phantomview Месяц назад +3

    To save people time: it's a retired judge pushing a book.

  • @FishandHunt
    @FishandHunt Месяц назад +8

    Stand up America. Everything that you hold dear is at stake.
    Greetings from all your friends and one of your most reliable allies since WW2 down in Australia.
    🇦🇺🤝🇺🇸

    • @PedoPeter66646
      @PedoPeter66646 Месяц назад

      MAGA 🇺🇲 FJB

    • @NoQuarterfordems
      @NoQuarterfordems Месяц назад

      FJB MAGA 🇺🇲

    • @FishandHunt
      @FishandHunt Месяц назад +2

      @@NoQuarterfordems
      Kyiv in 3 days Katsap bot.

    • @FishandHunt
      @FishandHunt Месяц назад

      @@PedoPeter66646
      So, how is the whole Kyiv in 3 days plan going for you on day 762 of Putin's disastrous 10 day 'Special Military Operation'?

    • @Kygranny
      @Kygranny Месяц назад +1

      Thank you Australia😊

  • @davivify
    @davivify Месяц назад +2

    Breyer is a fine one to speak, given that his stepping down was, at least in part, responsible for the makeup of this current court 😡

    • @fuzzfacelogic789
      @fuzzfacelogic789 Месяц назад

      He was 83 at the time.

    • @leonardbertaux6897
      @leonardbertaux6897 Месяц назад

      Uhh he was pressured to resign so that Biden could appoint a liberal justice. Which he did.

  • @thomasbernecky2078
    @thomasbernecky2078 Месяц назад

    May we have all future Justices as good as the Honorable Justice Stephen Breyer.

  • @SecretEyeSpot
    @SecretEyeSpot Месяц назад +3

    8:44 and THIS America!! is why we need Term Limits on the Supreme Court.. & Code of Ethics Reviews granting Congress the authority to force a justice to recuse from certain cases if necessary.. This was never intended to be Feudalism.. no one should have this much power.. even if they're respected judges with uncontested dockets

    • @Krispy1011
      @Krispy1011 Месяц назад +1

      that's ridiculous - getting new Supreme Court justices every couple years would destroy the US constitution! you should know better

    • @phaedrussmith1949
      @phaedrussmith1949 Месяц назад +2

      It was always intended to be feudalism.

    • @SecretEyeSpot
      @SecretEyeSpot Месяц назад

      @@Krispy1011 How so.. There's a lot I need to learn about this branch of Government so feel free to teach if you may?

    • @Krispy1011
      @Krispy1011 Месяц назад

      The Supreme Court justices are selected for life so they can keep the intent of the US Constitution that the creators intended, the farther away you get from the first blood the more you loose. Getting new Supreme Court justices every couple years would certainly remove a lot of the intent of the US Constitution that its creators so desired. Its the same as when people come to the US and do not honor the flag, US laws, have little regard for anything that the US stands for and the US is then on a downward spiral from its original intent for freedoms and democracy! @@SecretEyeSpot

  • @Krispy1011
    @Krispy1011 Месяц назад +5

    Keep spinnin it CNN - but it aint working

  • @DonteJones-pu2by
    @DonteJones-pu2by Месяц назад +1

    Wondeful interview!

  • @Matt-nv8je
    @Matt-nv8je Месяц назад +2

    You're not suppose to be producing anything!

  • @Krispy1011
    @Krispy1011 Месяц назад +3

    Vote Blue and have the National Guard on every street in America trying to keep the crime down!

    • @omnipotentone5628
      @omnipotentone5628 Месяц назад

      Crime across the country is down with the Dems in charge. Facts.

    • @runrebelscum855
      @runrebelscum855 Месяц назад

      ​@@omnipotentone5628down compared to what?

    • @runrebelscum855
      @runrebelscum855 Месяц назад

      Crime is still way higher than pre-pandemic levels.

    • @terryharker6726
      @terryharker6726 Месяц назад

      ​@@runrebelscum855At least learn english when you come here

    • @terryharker6726
      @terryharker6726 Месяц назад

      ​@@runrebelscum855It is the highest it's ever been joe biden's new america lawless

  • @Krispy1011
    @Krispy1011 Месяц назад +4

    I'm reminded every day when I go shopping, pay bills, buy gas, buy food, clothing, etc who I am voting for - its Donald Trump, He had America and the world on a good roll - no super high inflation, crime rates were down, no wars and no chaos and turmoil - I'm voting for Donald Trump!

    • @JasonC-ic3qd
      @JasonC-ic3qd Месяц назад +5

      I'm voting for Joseph Biden - because everything you said is such an obvious lie that it can only be taken as an insult!

    • @ChipDiamond102
      @ChipDiamond102 Месяц назад +2

      @@JasonC-ic3qd these are facts whether you want to admit it or not.

    • @Krispy1011
      @Krispy1011 Месяц назад +1

      go ahead and vote for mush for brains - make sure you take the NYC subway next time you visit NYC - hahahhah@@JasonC-ic3qd

    • @marshallj2415
      @marshallj2415 Месяц назад +1

      Yo Krispy put the doobie down.

    • @JasonC-ic3qd
      @JasonC-ic3qd Месяц назад +2

      @@ChipDiamond102 your alternate facts are not facts. facts are facts, whether you have the ability to cope or not.

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings Месяц назад

    This guy is 86? Wow.
    Just proving that age is a number and we have to assess people individually.

  • @billberndtson
    @billberndtson Месяц назад +1

    Agreed, sir.

  • @SandyJohnson-ur6xi
    @SandyJohnson-ur6xi Месяц назад

    Thomas Paine said it should be reviewed every seven years. When a high functioning person like Mr Paine tells you what to do and you choose not to then history frowns.

  • @charlesrobinson9881
    @charlesrobinson9881 Месяц назад +2

    Wrong, the people want the constitution.

  • @cashaeleatemla
    @cashaeleatemla Месяц назад +1

    Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said the Supreme Court risks creating a “Constitution that no one wants” if it follows its current way of interpreting law.
    In an interview with Politico Magazine published Tuesday, Breyer discussed his view of originalism, a legal theory based on the idea that law should be interpreted according to the writers’ original intent, which is popular among the conservative majority on the court.

    • @HomeGypsy
      @HomeGypsy Месяц назад

      Conservatives, by definition, don’t believe in Progress.

  • @ashiau
    @ashiau Месяц назад

    He was like : Go buy my new books, period.

  • @edwerthissell262
    @edwerthissell262 Месяц назад +1

    Breyer: "It's very much a personal decision (whether to step aside)". Why should it be a personal decision and not a requirement? Mr Blitzer should have asked - should a Supreme Court judge be making that call on when to step down? How objective is that? The FAA requires commercial pilots to retire at 65. Police have a mandatory retirement age. Do lawyers think that they inherently have skills and judgement that never deteriorates with age?

    • @HomeGypsy
      @HomeGypsy Месяц назад +1

      Good question, for sure. ⚖️

  • @grammaticopedanticus9727
    @grammaticopedanticus9727 Месяц назад

    For some reason Justice Breyer seems for me to bring to mind Ryan Gilbey’s obituary comment in The Guardian about the character and temperament of perennial master journeyman actor Tom Wilkinson, that he “possessed many of the qualities of a favourite raincoat: he was unflashy, steadfast and could usually be relied upon when conditions were unfavourable.”
    I deeply admire low-key competence. To me Justice Breyer presents it clearly.

  • @CharlieEarthRoast
    @CharlieEarthRoast Месяц назад +1

    I bet he wishes he didn't retire, now.

  • @sandrastjohn-qr5tc
    @sandrastjohn-qr5tc Месяц назад

    Thank you for a great interview

  • @eklim2034
    @eklim2034 Месяц назад +1

    Thomas: "ah choose yatch trip"

  • @franciswoo1838
    @franciswoo1838 Месяц назад +1

    In my humble opinion, SCOTUS is no longer functional and serve the justice and need to put the HOUSE in order to repair SCOTUS or otherwise to be put in the museum for historical record for the good things they have served in the past.

  • @MatthewDonovanAU
    @MatthewDonovanAU Месяц назад

    Such a good inspiration lovely man

  • @marcilk7534
    @marcilk7534 Месяц назад

    Pleasant man.

  • @user-kd1gj4dm9l
    @user-kd1gj4dm9l Месяц назад

    Ease burdens; unalterable, release them. Serenity thrives in accepting the immutable.