SCOTUS: Justice Breyer's talk at the Kentucky Author's Forum on MP3

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer - May 6, 2008

Stephen G. Breyer, associate justice of the Supreme Court, took his seat in 1994. His book Active Liberty is based on the Tanner lectures on Human Values that Justice Breyer delivered at Harvard University in November 2004. In it, Justice Breyer argues that the Constitution’s lasting brilliance is that its principles may adapt to cope with current sitations. (courtesy: Kentucky Author Forum).

Justice Breyer was interviewed by Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent for NBC News, on May 6, 2008 at the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum.

Listen to the interview:

• Part 1: Active liberty / challenges of interpretation
• Part 2: Text, history, tradition, precedent, purpose, consequence
• Part 3: Group democracy and purpose / summary