The Supremes

For 50 years (1972-2022), Stanford had at least one—and as many as four—justices on the Supreme Court.

‘A Consensus Builder by Disposition’
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‘A Consensus Builder by Disposition’

What Stephen Breyer’s clerks have to say about the justice and his legacy.

by Rebecca Beyer

Judging Humor
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Judging Humor

Head of the Class
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Head of the Class

When the future chief justice of the United States arrived on campus in 1946, fresh from service in World War II, he had no particular plan. Then he met a professor whose scholarly specialty inspired a career in the law, and whose ideas shaped the views that would change American jurisprudence.

by Charles Lane