Pre-Owned Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (Paperback) 1668021544 9781668021545
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Pre-Owned Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (Paperback) 1668021544 9781668021545

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    In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution.

    “You will not read a more important legal work this election year.” —Bob Woodward,Washington Postreporter and author of fifteen #1New York Timesbestselling books

    “A dissent for the ages.” —The Washington Post

    “Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.” —The Boston Globe

    The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme Court. Textualists claim that the right way to interpret the Constitution and statutes is to read the text carefully and examine the language as it was understood at the time the documents were written.

    This, however, is not Justice Breyer’s philosophy nor has it been the traditional way to interpret the Constitution since the time of Chief Justice John Marshall. Justice Breyer recalls Marshall’s exhortation that the Constitution must be a workable set of principles to be interpreted by subsequent generations.

    Most important in interpreting law, says Breyer, is to understand the statutes as well as the consequences of deciding a case one way or another. He illustrates these principles by examining some of the most important cases in the nation’s history, among them theDobbsandBruendecisions from 2022 that he argues were wrongly decided and have led to harmful results.Stephen Breyer is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court who served there for twenty-eight years until retiring in 2022. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.“A rocket from a Supreme Court justice who served 28 years on the Court.  Justice Breyer shows how the current Supreme Court's alleged textualism and originalism are unsound. His book is a judicial arms-control agreement advocating moderation and a path to what he calls ‘workable democracy.’  You will not read a more important legal work this election year.”"A dissent for the ages."“Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.”“Breyer offers a cogent explanation of judicial reasoning, focusing particularly on the difference between textualism—now dominating the current Court—and pragmatism, which is his guiding principle. . . . A deeply informed analysis of judicial history.”
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