Breyer’s Time in U.S. Senate ‘Foundational’ for Tenure on Bench

Stephen Breyer has served on the U.S. Supreme Court for almost three decades, but he has said the best job he ever had was in the Senate, working for Edward Kennedy.

Breyer’s stint as the Judiciary Committee’s chief counsel 15 years before joining the high court in 1994 influenced how he has worked with fellow justices and approached cases, those who follow the court and know Breyer said.

“Justice Breyer’s departure from the Court risks loss of a powerful voice for a fulsome, nuanced, contextual approach to interpreting statutes,” said Dakota Rudesill, an Ohio State University Moritz College of Law ...