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Breyer Warns Against Remaking The Court: 'What Goes Around Comes Around'

"If the Democrats can do it, the Republicans can do it," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told NPR's Nina Totenberg.
Justice Stephen Breyer welcomes the resumption of in-person oral arguments at the high court this fall.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has a warning to those who want to remake the court: Be careful what you wish for.

In his new book, Breyer argues that over time, public acceptance of Supreme Court opinions, even those you may disagree with, has become

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