Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938.

President Clinton nominated him as an Asso-ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.pdf

WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft can't face a lawsuit from a former Sept. 11 detainee who argued they were responsible for his restrictive confinement because of his religious beliefs.

The court on Monday overturned a lower court decision that let Javaid Iqbal's (Ick-ball) lawsuit against the high-ranking officials proceed.

Iqbal is a Pakistani Muslim who spent nearly six months in solitary confinement in New York in 2002. He had argued that while Ashcroft and Mueller did not single him out for mistreatment, they were responsible for a policy of confining detainees in highly restrictive conditions because of their religious beliefs or race.

The court's liberal justices -- David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens -- dissented from the court's opinion.

Court: Sept. 11 Detainee Lawsuit Cannot Proceed
Monday, May 18, 2009 11:40 AM
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/us_scotus_detainee_lawsuit/2009/05/18/215426.html

Some of the court's more liberal justices — David Souter and Stephen Breyer — repeatedly challenged assertions by attorney Kenneth Starr that court oversight of Arizona's English learners program was no longer needed because the Nogales Unified School District, located near the state's border with Mexico, had made progress educating students learning to speak English.

Supreme Court Mulls If States Should Pay for English Lessons
Monday, April 20, 2009 3:40 PM
http://www.newsmax.com/us/scotus_english_learners/2009/04/20/205073.html

"The Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit the law school's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body," O'Connor wrote.

Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer joined O'Connor.

Supreme Court Split on Colleges' Racial Discrimination
Chuck Noe, NewsMax.com Monday, June 23, 2003
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/6/23/102840.shtml