# Charles Breyer
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Charles Roberts Breyer (born November 3, 1941) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
== Early life and career ==
Born in San Francisco, California, Breyer received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Harvard College in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1966. He was a law clerk to Judge Oliver Carter of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1966 to 1967.
Honor and Duty Aren't Toys
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This video is all so much partisan jawboning that I find it difficult to watch the whole thing without rolling my eyes. But the take-away is when the De…
266: Two Days
Barb McQuade hosts #SistersInLaw to celebrate the DOJ’s 3rd consecutive failure to indict NY AG Letitia James, review the law governing mortgages that they are targeting her with, and call out their other recent losses, spanning James Comey to Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Then, the #Sisters discuss Judge…
Episode 815 – The FAFO Piece Of S**t Award
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On episode 815 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table with Joe (Joseph Santorsa on Facebook and @marnus3.bsky.social on BlueSky), Cathy (@cathylarkin.bsky.social on BlueSky) and from the Let’s Remember To Never Forget F…
Lawfare Daily: Federal Judges Rule Against Trump on National Guard Deployment, Tariffs, and Removal of Migrant Children to Guatemala
In a live conversation on Sept. 2, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Scott R. Anderson, Anna Bower, and Lawfare Public Service Fellow Loren Voss to discuss Sunday’s emergency hearing in L.G.M.L. et al. v. Kristi Noem—in which Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocke…
Amicus: Protests And A Tragedy In Minnesota
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This Day in Legal History: United States v. Cruikshank
On March 27, 1876, the U.S. Supreme Court decided United States v. Cruikshank, a ruling that exposed the Court’s deep reluctance to enforce the promises of Reconstruction. The case arose from the Colfax Massacre, where dozens of Black citizens …
Court Strikes Down Trump’s LA Troop Deployment
A federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles during immigration protests, calling it illegal under federal law. Judge Charles Breyer said the move crossed a line meant to keep the military out of domestic law enforcement. The administr…
EPS: 44: Los Angeles riots. Curfew enforced on Tuesday.
Anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles continued Tuesday for a fifth straight day. It comes amid the escalating tension between President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom regarding the administration's deployment of National Guard troops and Marines.
A federal judge in San Francisco den…
Dan Hayes on 13 Years Inside the SEC, What the Volkswagen Case Actually Took to Build
What happens when a trial attorney spends 13 years inside the SEC building the exact kinds of cases that keep executives and general counsels up at night — including the securities fraud case against Volkswagen and its CEO for deceiving US bond investors during the emissions scandal, a case that ea…
Less than 1: AM Edition, June 18
This morning on Less than 1: Judge Charles Breyer is set to hear Elon Musk's bid for a new trial and class decertification in the $2.6 billion Twitter securities case. Also: a discovery fight between Southern California Edison and SoCalGas lands before a judge in the coordinated Eaton Fire litigati…
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