Editing Stephen Breyer (section)

==U.S. Court of Appeals (1980–1994)==
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In the last days of President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s administration, on November 13, 1980, after he had been defeated for reelection, Carter nominated Breyer to the First Circuit, to a new seat established by {{USStat|92|1629}}, and the [[United States Senate]] confirmed him on December 9, 1980, by an 80–10 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF STEPHEN G. BREYER TO BE ... – Senate Vote #1021 – Dec 9, 1980 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/96-1980/s1021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029131834/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/96-1980/s1021 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref> He received his commission on December 10, 1980. From 1980 to 1994, Breyer was a judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit]]; he was the court's [[Chief judge (United States)|Chief Judge]] from 1990 to 1994.<ref name="Supreme Court Bio" /> One of his duties as chief judge was to oversee the design and construction of a new [[John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse|federal courthouse for Boston]], beginning an avocational interest in architecture and the [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pedersen |first=Martin |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: 'To Understand a Building, Go There, Open your Eyes, and Look!' |url=https://www.archdaily.com/899827/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-to-understand-a-building-go-there-open-your-eyes-and-look |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920234300/https://www.archdaily.com/899827/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-to-understand-a-building-go-there-open-your-eyes-and-look |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |work=Arch Daily}}</ref>

Breyer served as a member of the [[Judicial Conference of the United States]] between 1990 and 1994 and the [[United States Sentencing Commission]] between 1985 and 1989.<ref name="Supreme Court Bio" /> On the sentencing commission he played a key role in reforming federal criminal sentencing procedures, producing the [[Federal Sentencing Guidelines]], which were formulated to increase uniformity in sentencing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 28, 2004 |title=Justice Breyer Should Recuse Himself from Ruling on Constitutionality of Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Duke Law Professor Says |url=http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2004/09/breyertip_0904.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731163145/http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2004/09/breyertip_0904.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |work=Duke University News}}</ref>