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"Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment."

Stephen Breyer, American Judge

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Stephen Breyer, American Judge

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"And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?"

"I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less."

"To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty."

"Judges are appointed often through the political process."

"I think it shows that if you have one group of people doing it, you'll get another group of people doing it."

"Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public."

"Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him."

"I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control."

"And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee."

"Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want."

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