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==Judicial Philosophy==
==Judicial Philosophy==
[[File:Breyer retire.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Progressives mounted a highly visible campaign to get Breyer to retire in advance of the [[2022 midterm]] elections.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/by-the-book-breyer-said-to-be-miffed-retirement-leaked</ref>]]
On issues of religion, Justice Breyer is the least [[liberal]] of the former five-Justice [[liberal]] voting bloc on the Court, that included fellow former Justices [[John Paul Stevens]], [[David Souter]], [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]], and [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]. Justice Breyer broke with that voting bloc to provide the pivotal fifth vote to allow the [[Texas]] government to maintain a monument to the [[Ten Commandments]] on its capitol grounds in [[Van Orden v. Perry]].
On issues of religion, Justice Breyer is the least [[liberal]] of the former five-Justice [[liberal]] voting bloc on the Court, that included fellow former Justices [[John Paul Stevens]], [[David Souter]], [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]], and [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]. Justice Breyer broke with that voting bloc to provide the pivotal fifth vote to allow the [[Texas]] government to maintain a monument to the [[Ten Commandments]] on its capitol grounds in [[Van Orden v. Perry]].