Driving the news: “Was I happy about it? Not for a moment. Did I do everything I could to convince people? Of course, of course,” Breyer told CNN’s Chris Wallace about the Dobbs court decision.
“But we’re here and now we’re moving on. We’re trying to work together,” he said. Breyer, who recalled his position in the court’s minority liberal bloc as a “very frustrating” place to be, also condemned the leak of the draft opinion as “very damaging.” “It was very damaging because something like this just doesn’t happen. It just doesn’t happen. And here we are,” he said.
The big picture: Breyer also warned the justices not to “write.” [opinions] very rigidly”.
“You start writing too rigidly and you’ll see, people will come and bite you in the back,” Breyer said. “Because you’re going to find that something you’re seeing just doesn’t work at all. And the Supreme Court, somewhat unlike the others, has that problem in spades.”
What to watch: His remarks come just days before the Supreme Court begins its next term. Go deeper… The Supreme Court’s next term could be just as controversial
