The Beatification of St. Stephen

A grueling grilling for the Supreme Court nominee by the Senate Judiciary Committee

"He is trilingual ... He reads Proust in the original French, and he has even studied architecture ... he taught himself Spanish ... From his youth as an Eagle Scout to digging ditches for Pacific Gas & Electric in high school to working as a janitor for the San Francisco school system, he has shared in the American experience, and he has been affected by it." -- Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.)

"Stephen Breyer is not only a husband and father of three. He is a gourmet cook. He is a bird watcher, an avid reader, a student of philosophy and a...

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