Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice, Robbed While On Vacation On Island Of Nevis

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed at knifepoint last Thursday at his family’s vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis, the Associated Press reported.

"Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies," the AP reported. Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg told the AP that "the intruder took about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt."

Breyer, 73, has had previous mishaps while vacationing, but those have involved accidents rather than crimes. Last May, he broke his collarbone when he fell from his bicycle while riding in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 1993, a year before he joined the Court, he was hit by a car while riding his bike in Harvard Square, breaking several ribs and puncturing a lung.

The Supreme Court returns from its mid-term recess on Friday, when the justices will meet in their private conference before resuming oral arguments next Tuesday.

Comments

[imshandon]

06:04 PM on 02/15/2012

Wonder what his thoughts on gun control is like now?

[Mario Savioni]

12:53 AM on 02/17/2012

Guns? "Breyer was robbed at knifepoint."

[vedalb]

12:22 PM on 02/16/2013

they charge some one any one to keep it silent from the media

[j72144]

06:49 PM on 02/14/2012

too bad either way mabe a little slaping around might change his attitude that punks like that are just misunderstood and need a hug not prison time ,I bet he dident give that knife welding thief a hug ,cause it was him on the recieving end this time If you cant ballance and ride a bike ,get off the street

[flydon1954]

06:03 PM on 02/14/2012

PEACE LOVE SEX AND NO WAR : LIVE OFF THE LAND,GROW POT AND ENJOY LIFE.tHE ONLY ANSWER TO HAPPYNESS

[aztrukin]

08:11 PM on 02/14/2012

Well then what the hell are you doing here?

[rp2par]

09:19 PM on 02/14/2012

flydon has said the same thing on several blogs today.

[rp2par]

09:42 PM on 02/14/2012

lol...he's just sharing a good philosphy. Yea cannibis

Yes, grow pot. You know it's safe.

I know....wrong blog, but it made me smile anyway. :-)

[ewalter899]

09:37 PM on 02/14/2012

I'm fine with that idea but try to sell that to the Iranians.

[lu386ibew]

05:13 PM on 02/14/2012

perhaps the most studious member of current court. he has a brilliant mind, but apparently very bad luck.

[BJzink]

05:00 PM on 02/14/2012

We had a winter home in Belize for about 6 years. No problems the first couple of summers that we weren't there - then it was broken into 3 separate times. Miminal effort by the police to follow up. Heard about tourists in the resorts who had "room invasions" during the night.........while they were in bed. More and more violence, murders related to drugs, on & on. We sold it 3 years ago, and invested in a little place in the US for the winters. We aren't wealthy, just saved for our retirement, and didn't want to see it destroyed piece by piece in a foreign country. Some of the full-time residents in Belize said that this is more or less an accepted way to make a living there as long as violence isn't part of the crime.

[er2blu]

04:52 PM on 02/14/2012

Maybe now he'll apply for a concealed carry permit

[philliplojek]

04:33 PM on 02/14/2012

Definition: A conservative is a liberal that was mugged.

Maybe the Court just got tougher on crime?

[Zygote9111]

04:58 PM on 02/14/2012

Loser

[aztrukin]

08:12 PM on 02/14/2012

Can't take a joke?

[edm40]

04:02 PM on 02/14/2012

I'M GLAD SO HE CAN GET THE IDEA THAT VICTIMS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED IN ANY COURT BUT CRIMINALS ARE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT AND ARE PROTECTED TO THE FULLEST.

[eeverettm]

03:40 PM on 02/14/2012

A lot of bad things are going on in that area of the Caribbean that we don't hear about from the media. Watch your white females on those cruise ships. They will take them for prostitutions because they are unique with their white skin and green or blue eyes, and are highly in demand! Workers on their ships are infected with things i.e. TB but still work with the public! Cruise ships are just out for the money. Evil!

[phdoty]

03:18 PM on 02/14/2012

Nothing makes a Liberal become a conservative faster than being the victim of a violent crime.
That is, unless this Justice still sympathizes with the criminal, since in the minds of most liberals criminals are that way because they likely did not have a hot lunch program while growing up....
Sidebar: Does having a vacation home like this make this guy a 1%er?? Just asking, since it is doubtful the media will mention that about this liberal.

[er2blu]

04:55 PM on 02/14/2012

Very possibly... Just guessing but likely between salary and investments...and anyone who owns a vacation home in the carribean is likely to be a 1%er or if not... awfully close to it.

[rreggaeredkc]

06:05 PM on 02/14/2012

Ph...I agree with one partial comment. Nothing makes a Liberal a Conservative.

[aztrukin]

08:14 PM on 02/14/2012

Cherry picking. Liberals are good at that. Make me some pie.

[jbeachboy32]

02:58 PM on 02/14/2012

he seems unbreakable, whats purpose of lifetime appointments on supreme court?

i guess he wont be vacationing there anymore

[aevf101]

02:42 PM on 02/14/2012

MMMMMMMMMMM, Vacation home in the West Indies. Cool! Bet he can relate to the ordinary working stiff.

[neocom43]

02:40 PM on 02/14/2012

Good! This guy's a king-size liberal and they're the types that always wring their hands and whine about the "poor downtrodden criminal." Maybe Breyer will wake up now and see the craziness of liberalism in ALL facets of American life.

[MsMoonpieJD]

04:52 PM on 02/14/2012

my sentiments exactly!

[er2blu]

04:56 PM on 02/14/2012

And YOU friend, need to wake up to the REAL world

[kidmac32]

02:30 PM on 02/14/2012

"justice breyer wondered what he had done to offend the man, and immediately apologized to the thief for not having more than $1000 on him."

[simzillyjp]

02:35 PM on 02/14/2012

The judge deserved to be robbed with an attitude like that. He' was sorry for not having MORE money?

[macsandcats]

03:13 PM on 02/14/2012

the judge didn't say that. thats just kidmacs personal take on the story. perhaps kidmac should have a machete weilding thief attack him/her

[aztrukin]

08:15 PM on 02/14/2012

You made my night.

[kidmac32]

10:56 PM on 02/14/2012

my pleasure.

[guitarwizard55]

02:26 PM on 02/14/2012

Why is it we don't put an age limit on being a Supreme Court Justice ? Seems to me that the older they are the more out of touch with the way the things are today.

[MsMoonpieJD]

04:56 PM on 02/14/2012

Because Federal judges appointed under Article III of the Constitution serve for life. They serve for life to minimize the influence of personal or political considerations on their decisions. This has been part of our law since 1789.

[lu386ibew]

05:16 PM on 02/14/2012

and you think clarence thomas lives the real world???????