Up for auction "Supreme Court Justice" John Paul Stevens Signed 3x5 Card. This item is certified authentic by Todd
Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. ES - 5677 John Paul Stevens (April 20,
1920 – July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme
Court from 1975 until his voluntary retirement in 2010. At the
time of his retirement, he was the second-oldest-serving justice in the history
of the court and the third-longest-serving justice. His long tenure saw him write for the
court on most issues of American law, including civil liberties, death penalty,
government action and intellectual property. In cases involving presidents of the United
States, he wrote for the court that they were to be held accountable
under American law. A registered Republican when appointed who throughout
his life identified as a conservative, Stevens was considered to have been
on the liberal side
of the court at the time of his retirement. Born
in Chicago, Stevens served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from Northwestern
University School of Law. After clerking for Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge, he
co-founded a law firm in Chicago, focusing on antitrust law.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon appointed
Stevens to the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Five years later,
President Gerald Ford successfully
nominated Stevens to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the
retirement of Justice William O. Douglas. He
became the senior Associate Justice after the retirement of Harry Blackmun in 1994. Stevens retired during the
administration of President Barack Obama and was succeeded by Elena Kagan. Stevens's majority opinions in landmark cases
include Chevron v.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Apprendi v. New Jersey, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Kelo v. City of New London,
and Massachusetts v. EPA.
Stevens is also known for his dissents in Texas v. Johnson, Bush v. Gore, D.C. v. Heller, and Citizens United v. FEC. |