The Honorable Stephen Breyer to Speak at Cary Hall May 3rd
CARY HALL – Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Saturday, May 3
8:00—9:00 PM
Cary Hall1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02420
**Offsite Location** This program will take place at Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA.
This program is in partnership with and hosted by the Cary Lecture Series. Please visit the Cary Lecture Series website for more information and contact them with any questions.
The Honorable Stephen Breyer is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. After a brilliant academic start at Stanford, Oxford and Harvard, his career has included clerking for Justice Arthur Goldberg, serving on the Watergate prosecution team, and teaching at Harvard Law School and at the Harvard Kennedy School. In 1980 he was appointed by President Carter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, becoming Chief Judge in 1990. In 1994, President Clinton appointed him to the Supreme Court, where he served for 28 years.
He is now the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School. Justice Breyer is the author of many books and articles, most recently the bestselling Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (2024), whose title serves as the subject of his lecture.
Attendance is on a first-come basis.
