Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Stephen Breyer/1

Stephen Breyer

 * • [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment/Stephen_Breyer/1&action=watch Watch article reassessment page] • GAN review not found
 * Result: no consensus This article sits right on the borderline of meeting the requirement for broadness and this outcome could easily go either way. However, since there are few comments and no consensus, it is probably requisite to close this per the status quo, i.e. GA, even though my personal preference would be to delist. Safiel (talk) 21:56, 25 January 2013 (UTC).

I don't believe this article meets the Good Article criteria. It lacks depth in all areas, specifically the judge's personal history and jurisprudence. The article would do well to have numerous sections added which describe Breyer's views and rulings on various issues (abortion, free speech, etc.) as you can see here in the article on John Roberts. The merit of this kind of organization is that it elucidates the judge's position on specific cases and issues rather than painting his or her jurisprudence in a broad brush using such descriptive terms as 'liberal' or 'conservative', which fail to capture the subtleties of the judge's views. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaimakides (talk • contribs) 13:55, 1 January, 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for bringing this here. It is useful, but not strictly necessary, to show that information on these areas are available somewhere (be they online or offline sources). AIR corn (talk) 12:59, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

A request to the WP:Scouting was made. From the standpoint of scouting, perhaps the mention of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award belongs in a separate section on Awards, but given that there is no such section, having it in the current location is fine. On a secondary note, I'm actually surprised that an article on a current SC Justice is as short as it is.Naraht (talk) 15:02, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd tentatively suggest that this should be kept as a good article. Reading the judicial philosophy section, there's a fairly detailed explanation of Breyer's judicial principles, which touches on his specific positions on abortion, First Amendment rights, Sixth Amendment rights, and gun control; the article also discusses his work in copyrights, deregulation, and federal sentencing guidelines. There's certainly room for expansion, and it would help to know what notable decisions or dissents he's written. But I feel like this "addresses the main aspects of the topic", even if it doesn't provide the depth the nominator's looking for. I'm not a Supreme Court expert, though, so if someone can point out a "main aspect" that this doesn't mention, I could be easily persuaded otherwise. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:05, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delist There is simply not enough here, particularly given that he is a Supreme Court Justice. Simply not comprehensive enough coverage to warrant Good Article status. Safiel (talk) 15:28, 11 January 2013 (UTC)