Courthouse News Service | January 28, 2022
“Justice Breyer is perhaps the last of the great statesmen on the court,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor at Georgetown Law. “He cared passionately about the court’s reputation as an impartial arbiter of major issues guided by the rule of law. I think Chief Justice Roberts will be the only person going forward with a major stake in defending the court’s reputation. The rest of the court are ideologically motivated.”