Stephen Breyer: America goes the wrong way 'from time to time'
Breyer spoke about the rule of law in the U.S., noting that "America a system that has adjusted — with its drawbacks and its going-the-wrong way from time to time...overall, I'm still an optimist," Breyer said, per CNN.
"This has not been a country of sheer ups you know," Breyer recalled once telling a judge from another country. "There was a civil war, there was slavery, 80 years of Jim Crow segregation," he added. "But gradually we try...if this generation doesn't, the next one might."that lawyers, as well as the American Bar Association, plays in the work of judges.
Judges "need the help from the outside" even if they don't always think they do, Breyer said, CNN reported.
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