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Senate Committee on the Judiciary: S. Hrg. 103-715,
Hearings on the Nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to be
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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S. Hrg. 103-715,
Hearings Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on
the Nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
July 12, 13, 14, and 15, 1994
Title Format and Size Print Copy Pages
— Front Matter —
Cover PDF 30 KB i
Committee Members PDF 27 KB ii
Contents PDF 257 KB iii - ix
Statements of Committee Members
Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware PDF 461 KB
PDF 327 KB
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4-8
Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah PDF 169 KB 8-10
Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts PDF 213 KB 10-13
Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, a U.S. Senator from the State of California PDF 116 KB 15-16
Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina PDF 453 KB 134-142
Metzenbaum, Hon. Howard, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio PDF 459 KB 142-150
Simpson, Hon. Alan K., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming PDF 408 KB 150-157
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont PDF 564 KB
PDF 125 KB
157-167
358-359
Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa PDF 466 KB 167-175
DeConcini, Hon. Dennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona PDF 516 KB
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175-184
184-186
Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania PDF 116 KB 188-189
Heflin, Hon. Howell, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama PDF 413 KB 196-203
Brown, Hon. Hank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado PDF 455 KB 203-211
Simon, Hon. Paul, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois PDF 735 KB 211-230
Cohen, Hon. William S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine PDF 555 KB 230-240
Kohl, Hon. Herbert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin PDF 501 KB 240-249
Pressler, Hon. Larry, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota PDF 466 KB 249-259
Moseley-Braun, Hon. Carol, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois PDF 515 KB 263-272
— CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES,
— QUESTIONING, AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED —
Tuesday, July 12, 1994
Presenters
Kerry, Hon. John F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts PDF 165 KB 13-15
Boxer, Hon. Barbara, a U.S. Senator from the State of California PDF 115 KB 16-17
Nominee
Breyer, Stephen G., of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States:
Testimony PDF 2.0 MB 18-109
Questioning by:
Chairman Biden
Senator Hatch
Senator Kennedy
Senator Thurmond
Senator Metzenbaum
Senator Simpson
Senator Leahy
Senator Grassley
Senator DeConcini

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110-118
118-126
126-136
136-142
142-150
153-157
158-167
167-175
176-184

Submission for the Record
Initial questionnaire of Judge Breyer:
I. Biographical information
II. Financial data and conflict of interest (public)
III. General (public)
1993 Federal Disclosure Report
PDF 1.10 MB
PDF 66 KB
PDF 154 KB
PDF 538 KB
23-74
75-76
77-82
83-109
Letter from Douglas I. Foy, executive director, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA, June 30, 1994 PDF 145 KB 130-132
"These *Very Rotten Bananas' Should Be Discarded", article from the Legal Times, May 23, 1994 PDF 95 KB 133
Wednesday, July 13, 1994
Nominee
Breyer, Stephen G., of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States:
Testimony PDF 403 KB 189-196
Questioning by:
Chairman Biden PDF 68 KB
PDF 564 KB
208
272-282
Senator Specter PDF 403 KB 189-196
Senator Heflin PDF 413 KB 196-203
Senator Brown PDF 455 KB 203-211
Senator Simon PDF 403 KB 222-229
Senator Cohen PDF 555 KB 230-240
Senator Kohl PDF 501 KB 240-249
Senator Pressler PDF 466 KB 249-257
Senator Feinstein PDF 259 KB 259-263
Senator Moseley-Braun PDF 515 KB
PDF 119 KB
264-272
282-283
Senator Hatch PDF 502 KB 283-292
Submission for the Record
Letter to Lloyd N. Cutler, Esq., Counsel to the President, The White House Counsel's Office, Washington, DC, from John P. Frank, partner, law firm of Lewis and Roca, Phoenix, AZ, July 12, 1994 PDF 247 KB 213-221
Thursday, July 14, 1994
Nominee
Breyer, Stephen G., of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States:
Testimony PDF 111 KB 294-295
Questioning by:
Chairman Biden PDF 316 KB 390
Senator Thurmond PDF 158 KB 294-296
Senator Kennedy PDF 268 KB 296-300
Senator Cohen PDF 511 KB 300-309
Senator Metzenbaum PDF 1.2 MB 310-346
Senator Simpson PDF 521 KB 346-355
Senator Leahy PDF 272 KB 355-359
Senator Grassley PDF 507 KB 359-368
Senator Heflin PDF 370 KB 368-374
Senator Specter PDF 505 KB 374-383
Senator Simon PDF 162 KB 383-385
Senator Brown PDF 203 KB 385-388
Submissions for the Record
Letters to Lloyd Cutler, Esq., Counsel to the President, White House Counsel's
Office, Washington, DC, from:

Stephen Gillers, professor of law, New York University, School of Law, New York, NY, July 8, 1994

PDF 84 KB 318-319

Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Law School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 11, 1994
Judge Breyer's "CERCLA" (Superfund Statute) Cases

PDF 105 KB
PDF 97 KB
320-322
323-324
Letters to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, from:

Monroe H. Freedman, Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, July 13, 1994

PDF 268 KB 325-335

Stephen Gillers, professor of law, New York University, School of Law, New York, NY, July 15, 1994

PDF 240 KB 336-344
Questions for Judge Breyer, submitted by Senator Simpson, and Judge Breyer's responses PDF 176 KB 353-355
Judge Breyer's response to Senator Leahy's question PDF 125 KB 358-359
Excerpt from title 28, United States Code, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure: §455. Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate PDF 124 KB 389-390
Friday, July 15, 1994
Public Witnesses
Panel consisting of Robert P. Watkins, Chair, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, DC; and Michael S. Greco, First Circuit Representative, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, DC PDF 1.1 MB 400-420
Panel consisting of Gerhard Casper, president, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and Kathleen M. Sullivan, Professor, Stanford University Law School, Palo Alto, CA PDF 1.0 MB 420-438
Panel consisting of Paige Comstock Cunningham, president, Americans United for Life, Chicago, IL; and Michael P. Farris, president, Home School Legal Defense Association, Purcellville, VA PDF 1.0 MB 438-456
Panel consisting of Jose Trias Monge, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR; Margaret H. Marshall, vice president and general counsel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Helen G. Corrothers, visiting fellow, National Institute for Justice, and former Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC PDF 710 KB 456-468
Panel consisting of Ralph Nader, Washington, DC; Sidney M. Wolfe, Citizen's Group, Washington, DC; Lloyd Constantine, Constantine & Associates, New York, NY; and Ralph Zestes, Kogod College of Business Administration,
American University, Washington, DC
PDF 3.8 MB 468-571
Panel consisting of Robert Pitofsky, professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; Cass R. Sunstein, professor, University of Chicago Law School and Department of Political Science, Chicago, IL; and
Martha Matthews, staff attorney, National Center for Youth Law, and former law clerk to Judge Stephen G. Breyer, San Francisco, CA
PDF 1.3 MB 572-600
Panel consisting of Barbara Paul Robinson, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY; Paulette Brown, National Bar Association, on behalf of the Coalition of the Bar Associations of Color, Washington,
DC; Brian Sun, president, National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association; Richard Monet, president, Native American Bar Association; and Wilfredo Caraballo, president, Hispanic National Bar Association
PDF 2.6 MB 600-681
Submissions for the Record
Prepared statements of witnesses:
Gerhard Casper PDF 188 KB 422-424
Kathleen M. Sullivan PDF 256 KB 426-429
Paige Comstock Cunningham PDF 134 KB 441-442
Michael P. Farris PDF 259 KB 444-447
Jose Trias Monge PDF 178 KB 458-460
Margaret H. Marshall PDF 185 KB 461-463
Helen G. Corrothers PDF 192 KB 465-467
Ralph Nader PDF 475 KB 471-486
Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D PDF 255 KB 524-527
Lloyd Constantine PDF 317 KB 530-534
Ralph Estes PDF 397 KB 537-546
Robert Pitofsky PDF 194 KB 574-576
Cass R. Sunstein PDF 495 KB 579-591
Martha Matthews PDF 178 KB 595-597
Barbara Paul Robinson PDF 73 KB 602
Paulette Brown PDF 134 KB 605-606
Richard Monet PDF 129 KB 610-611
Wilfredo Caraballo PDF 79 KB 613
Additional statements and comments:
"Judge Breyer and the Price Squeeze Problem," by Peter C. Carstensen, Arthur-Bascom Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School PDF 129 KB 487-490
"Could Justice Breyer be Hazardous to Our Health?", by Thomas O. McGarity, William Stamps Farish Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law PDF 517 KB 491-513
"Criticism Run Amok," comments by Clarence Ditlow, executive director, Center for Auto Safety, and Joan Claybrook, president, Public Citizen PDF 250 KB 514-519
Proposed questions for Judge Breyer, by Richard Parker, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, July 1994 PDF 86 KB 520-521
Prepared statement of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach PDF 148 KB 618-620
"Why Breyer Should Not Be Confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court," by Charles E. Mueller, editor, Antitrust Law & Economics Review, Vero Beach, FL PDF 306 KB 621-628
Correspondence
Letters to Senator Biden from:
American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, DC, July 11, 1994 PDF 243 KB 417-420
Home School Legal Defense Association, Paeonian Springs, VA, July 22, 1994
Appendix: "To the Teacher: The Christian Approach to Teaching Arithmetic"
PDF 139 KB
PDF 185 KB
447-448
448-450
The White House, Washington, DC, July 15, 1994 PDF 72 KB 546
Phillip Areeda, Harvard Law School; Eddie Correia, Northeastern Law School; Eleanor Fox, NYU Law School; Thomas Jorde, University of California Law School (Boalt Hall); Thomas Kauper, Michigan Law School; Harvey Goldschmid, Columbia Law School; Herbert Hovenkamp, Iowa Law School; Robert Pitofsky, Georgetown Law School; and Edward Rock, Pennsylvania Law School, July 5, 1994 PDF 182 KB 562-564
ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED
Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr.:
Opening statement PDF 208 KB 1-4
Prepared statement PDF 327 KB 4-8
Excerpt from title 28, United States Code, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure: §455 Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate
PDF 124 KB 389-390
Letter from the White House, Washington, DC, July 15, 1994
PDF 72 KB 546
Boxer, Hon. Barbara:
Testimony PDF 115 KB 16-17
Breyer, Stephen G.:
Testimony PDF 248 KB
PDF 403 KB
PDF 2.3 MB
18-22
189-196
294-353
Initial questionnaire:
I. Biographical information
II. Financial data and conflict of interest (public)
III. General (public)
1993 Federal Disclosure Report
Response to Senator Leahy's question

PDF 1.1 MB
PDF 66 KB
PDF 154 KB
PDF 538 KB
PDF 125 KB

23-74
75-76
77-82
83-109
358-359
Brown, Hon. Hank:
Opening statement PDF 455 KB 203-211
Brown, Paulette:
Testimony PDF 73 KB 602
Prepared statement PDF 134 KB 605-606
Caraballo, Wilfredo:
Testimony PDF 124 KB 611-612
Prepared statement PDF 79 KB 613
Casper, Gerhard:
Testimony PDF 167 KB 420-422
Prepared statement PDF 188 KB 422-424
Cohen, Hon. William S.:
Opening statement PDF 555 KB 230-240
Constantine, Lloyd:
Testimony PDF 222 KB 527-530
Prepared statement PDF 317 KB 530-534
Corrothers, Helen G.:
Testimony PDF 183 KB 463-465
Prepared statement PDF 192 KB 465-467
Cunningham, Paige Comstock:
Testimony PDF 223 KB 438-441
Prepared statement PDF 134 KB 441-442
DeConcini, Hon. Dennis:
Opening statement PDF 516 KB 175-184
Prepared statement PDF 80 KB 184
Estes, Ralph:
Testimony PDF 146 KB 534-536
Prepared statement PDF 397 KB 537-546
Farris, Michael P.:
Testimony PDF 177 KB 442-444
Prepared statement PDF 259 KB 444-447
Letter to Senator Biden from the Home School Legal Defense Association, Paeonian Springs, VA, July 22, 1994
Appendix: "To the Teacher: The Christian Approach to Teaching Arithmetic"

PDF 139 KB
PDF 185 KB

447-448
448-450
Feinstein, Hon. Dianne:
Opening statement PDF 116 KB 15-16
Grassley, Hon. Charles E.:
Opening statement PDF 72 KB 167
Prepared statement PDF 72 KB 167
Greco, Michael S.:
Testimony PDF 119 KB 403-404
Hatch, Hon. Orrin G.:
Opening statement PDF 169 KB 8-10
Heflin, Hon. Howell:
Opening statement PDF 413 KB 196-203
Kennedy, Hon. Edward M.:
Opening statement PDF 213 KB 10-13
Letter from Douglas I. Foy, executive director, Conservation Law Foundation,
Boston, MA, June 30, 1994
PDF 69 KB 130
'These 'Very Rotten Bananas' Should Be Discarded," article from the Legal Times, May 23, 1994
PDF 95 KB 133
Letter to Senator Biden from Phillip Areeda, Harvard Law School; Eddie Correia, Northeastern Law School; Eleanor Fox, NYU Law School; Thomas Jorde, University of California Law School (Boalt Hall); Thomas Kauper, Michigan Law School; Harvey Goldschmid, Columbia Law School; Herbert Hovenkamp, Iowa Law School; Robert Pitofsky, Georgetown Law School; and Edward Rock, Pennsylvania Law School, July 5, 1994
PDF 182 KB 562-564
Prepared statement of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
PDF 148 KB 618-620
"Why Breyer Should Not Be Confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court," by Charles E. Mueller, editor, Antitrust Law & Economics Review, Vero Beach, FL
PDF 306 KB 621-628
Kerry, Hon. John F.:
Testimony PDF 165 KB 13-15
Kohl, Hon. Herbert:
Opening statement PDF 501 KB 240-249
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J.:
Opening statement PDF 165 KB 157
Prepared statements PDF 564 KB 157-167
  PDF 125 KB 358-359
Marshall, Margaret H.:
Testimony PDF 117 KB 460-461
Prepared statement PDF 185 KB 461-463
Matthews, Martha:
Testimony PDF 224 KB 592-595
Prepared statement PDF 178 KB 595-597
Metzenbaum, Hon. Howard:
Opening statement PDF 459 KB 142-150
Letters to Lloyd Cutler, Esq., Counsel to the President, White House Counsel's Office, Washington, DC, from:
Stephen Gillers, professor of law, New York University, School of Law, New York, NY, July 8, 1994
PDF 84 KB 318-319

Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Law School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 11, 1994
Judge Breyer's "CERCLA" (Superfund statute) cases

PDF 105 KB
PDF 97 KB
320-322
323-324

Letters to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, from:
Monroe H. Freedman, Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, July 13, 1994

PDF 268 KB 325-335

Stephen Gillers, professor of law, New York University, School of Law, New York, NY, July 15, 1994

PDF 240 KB 336-344
Monet, Richard:
Testimony PDF 122 KB 609-610
Prepared statement PDF 129 KB 610-611
Monge, Jose Trias:
Testimony PDF 168 KB 456-458
Prepared statement PDF 178 KB 458-460
Moseley-Braun, Hon. Carol:
Opening statement PDF 515 KB 263-272
Nader, Ralph:
Testimony PDF 147 KB 468-470
Prepared statement PDF 475 KB 471-486

"Judge Breyer and the Price Squeeze Problem," by Peter C. Carstensen, Arthur-Bascom Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School

PDF 129 KB 487-490

"Could Justice Breyer be Hazardous to our Health?", by Thomas O. McGarity, William Stamps Farish Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law

PDF 517 KB 491-513

"Criticism Run Amok," comments by Clarence Ditlow, executive director, Center for Auto Safety, and Joan Claybrook, president, Public Citizen

PDF 250 KB 514-519

Proposed questions for Judge Breyer, by Richard Parker, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, July 1994

PDF 86 KB 520-521
Pitofsky, Robert:
Testimony PDF 172 KB 572-574
Prepared statement PDF 194 KB 574-576
Pressler, Hon. Larry:
Opening statement PDF 466 KB 249-257
Robinson, Barbara Paul:
Testimony PDF 170 KB 600-602
Prepared statement PDF 73 KB 602
Simon, Hon. Paul:
Opening statement PDF 71 KB 211-212

Letter to Lloyd N. Cutler, Esq., Counsel to the President, The White House Counsel's Office, Washington, DC, from John P. Frank, partner, law firm of Lewis and Roca, Phoenix, AZ, July 12, 1994

PDF 247 KB 213-221
Simpson, Hon. Alan K.:
Opening statement PDF 408 KB 150-157

Questions for Judge Breyer and Judge Breyer's responses

PDF 176 KB 353-355
Specter, Hon. Arlen:
Opening statement PDF 116 KB 188-189
Sullivan, Kathleen M.:
Testimony PDF 171 KB 424-426
Prepared statement PDF 256 KB 426-429
Sun, Brian:    
Testimony PDF 222 KB 606-609
Sunstein, Cass R.:
Testimony PDF 152 KB 576-578
Prepared statement PDF 495 KB 579-591
Thurmond, Hon. Strom:
Opening statement PDF 453 KB 134-142
Watkins, Robert P.:
Testimony PDF 914 KB 400-417

Letter to Senator Biden from the American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, DC, July 11, 1994

PDF 243 KB 417-420
Wolfe, Dr. Sidney M.:
Testimony PDF 175 KB 522-524
Prepared statement PDF 255 KB 524-527
APPENDIX
Report on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Stephen G. Breyer, issued by the Alliance for Justice, Washington, DC PDF 708 KB 631-650
Statement of Charles Merrill Mount to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court PDF 537 KB 651-679
Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, from Natalya Tamara Hampel, Quebradillas, PR, July 12, 1994 PDF 65 KB 680-681

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