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Supreme Court Justice Courtesy ofAssociated Press T he nation's 108th Supreme Court justice couldn't wait to get to work. So Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in at a private ceremony on August 3, nine days before a public ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Breyer, who said he wanter to begin hiring law clerks and attending to his paperwork, was sworn in first in the Vermont summer home of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Breyer He replaced Justice Harry A. Blackmun, whose retirement took effect when Breyer took the oaths required by the Constitution and the federal Judiciary Act of 1789. Breyer, a 55-year-old federal appeals court judge from Massachusetts, was easily confirmed by the Senate. Senators from both parties praised his qualifications and his integrity, and described him as a problem-solver who approaches issues with an open mind. Courtesy ofAssociated Press 24