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By Anne Skove, Esq.

He looks unassuming, but don't let that fool you. He's one of the smartest, most engaging thinkers of our time. We love to see Justice Breyer's mind at work!

Mark Sherman from the AP has a nice piece out that provides insight into that amazing mind. It includes stories about his famed hypotheticals (see, law school really *does* teach you something!), even the more imaginative ones such as "tomato children" or the domestic oyster scenario.

Though, in our opinion, the Justice is taking hypotheticals to extremes to illustrate "what if" SCOTUS does opine this particular way, how would it play out under different facts? Would the result (which may seem like a good idea under the facts that day) still be Kosher, pickles? So important to think about!

There's also a great picture of J. Breyer in a Cat in the Hat hat, suitable for framing. Things do not get much better than this!

The article is Breyer, Court Master of the "What If?", Mark Sherman, AP (March 2, 2008).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).