Can SCOTUS Survive This Moment? Justice Breyer Live Interview

Make sense of the week’s biggest headlines with a CAFE Insider membership: https://bit.ly/CAFEInsider Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer joins Preet to discuss his book Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism Not Textualism. They talk about judicial integrity and political pressure, how the Court deliberates and decides cases, and Justice Breyer’s response to calls to impeach judges based on their rulings. The conversation was recorded before a live audience at The Cooper Union on April 4, 2025. You can listen to more episode of Stay Tuned with Preet, anywhere you get your podcasts: https://link.chtbl.com/X6t_tytB Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction: The Role of a Justice 07:17 - Empathy and Neutrality in Law 17:38 - Threats to the Judiciary and the Appeal Process 27:51 - Interpreting the Constitution: Textualism vs. Pragmatism 38:48 - Integrity and the Nature of Judicial Decisions 1:01:44 - Optimism and Civic Engagement