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John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-oldest justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court and the third- longest-serving justice.
Jun 12, 2024 · John Paul Stevens, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. He was known as an independently minded justice who occupied a moderately liberal position on the court.
Jul 16, 2019 · John Paul Stevens, whose 35 years on the United States Supreme Court transformed him, improbably, from a Republican antitrust lawyer into the outspoken leader of the court’s liberal wing, died ...
Jul 18, 2019 · Appointed by a Republican president, the Associate Justice’s views on the death penalty and affirmative action shifted dramatically over time. By: Erin Blakemore.
Jul 17, 2019 · Washington CNN —. To the very end, John Paul Stevens was a different kind of Supreme Court justice and a distinctive individual. He died at age 99 on Tuesday, practically with pen in hand ...
Justice John Paul Stevens joined the U.S. Supreme Court on December 19, 1975, replacing Justice William Douglas. Stevens was born on April 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1941.
Jul 16, 2019 · John Paul Stevens, a moderate Midwestern Republican and former antitrust lawyer from Chicago who evolved into a savvy and sometimes passionate leader of the Supreme Court's liberal wing and...
Jul 17, 2019 · Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, whose Supreme Court opinions transformed many areas of American law during his 34 year tenure, died at the age of 99 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., of...
Jul 17, 2019 · Justice John Paul Stevens, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by Republican President Gerald Ford in 1975 in the wake of Watergate and stepped down almost 35 years later as a leader for...
Jul 17, 2019 · WASHINGTON (AP) — John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort ...
