Posted 4/3/2024, 6:24:00 PM
Breyer Urges Respectful Disagreement, Listening to Opposing Views, and Finding Common Ground
- Retired Justice Breyer advises a divided nation to let everyone speak, disagree respectfully, and then go play cards
- On the Supreme Court bench, Breyer and colleagues never yelled at each other despite disagreements about law
- Attentive listening to opposing views often increased chances of agreement or compromise, Breyer wrote
- Though they disagreed profoundly during legal arguments, the Justices would attend sports games or shop for robes together
- Breyer suggests listening to others to find material for working out compromises, rather than yelling over each other