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The Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture Series on International Law

Crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide: Of rights, responsibilities, and international order

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

Breaking the Promise of Brown

Breaking the Promise of Brown

By Stephen Breyer; Introduction by Thiru Vignarajah

2022

Stephen Hess

Senior Fellow Emeritus - Governance Studies

Defending democracy against its adversaries

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, speeches during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Dejong/Pool - RTX2AS8R

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The Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture Series on International Law 2014-2016

Ted Piccone, Justice Stephen Breyer, Ahmet Üzümcü, and Harold Koh

April 2017

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FILE PHOTO: Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

How We Rise

Why a Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will make a difference

Camille Busette

Friday, February 25, 2022

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Brookings Now

VIDEO: Justice Stephen Breyer on American courts and the world

Friday, January 22, 2016

Sabrina Williams from the She Will Rise campaign to put a black woman on the Supreme Court speaks to the crowd at the No Confirmation Until Inauguration Rally

Education Plus Development

Educating children to make the invisible, visible

Ryan F. Lei, Sa-Kiera T.J. Hudson, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The Supreme Court is seen on January 26, 2022 as news breaks that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will announce his retirement (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

FixGov

Changes in Supreme Court appointments—fewer justices, longer terms, more contentious confirmations

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, February 17, 2022

A worker cleans up the West Front of the U.S. Capitol and dismantles the inaugural platform and seating area the day after President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

FixGov

Trump’s last-minute judicial appointments: Impact on norms and on Biden’s appointment opportunities

Russell Wheeler

Friday, January 22, 2021

Digital technology in the age of artificial intelligence: A comparative perspective

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

A gavel is seen in a hearing room in Panama City April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - GF10000375380

Op-Ed

The case for a global constitution

Monday, April 22, 2019

An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. The debate over whether the U.S. government is violating citizens' privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet companies. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS) - BM2E967131Y01

Order from Chaos

Comparing American and European perspectives on tech and privacy

Amalia Coyle and Ted Piccone

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

FILE PHOTO: Protesters calling for an end to the death penalty unfurl a banner before police arrest them outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington January 17, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo - RTSFK7B

Brookings Now

Against the Death Penalty: Justice Breyer’s dissent and the future of the death penalty in the US

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he takes part in a Munich Security Conference virtual event from the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

FixGov

Biden is appointing judges faster than Trump, and most everyone else—for now

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, September 2, 2021