jurisprudence. he's a brilliant juris. he's an incredibly decent man and he leaves behind, i think, an incredible judicial legacy. standing up for people, making sure government works for them. it's been a tough time, obviously, for him on the court in that he didn't have a lot of allies. the court was dominated, most of his time there by very strong conservative majority. i think he joined at a time when it was 7-2 majority of republican appointees. that later became 5-4 and is now 6-3 in terms of presidential appointees. and that doesn't predict everything but it does, i think, signal justice breyer has been in the minority his entire time on the court in terms of presidential appointments. sometimes he was able to drive consensus and build a coalition around even progressive issues with the conservative court but

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