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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 .
Ford nominated John Paul Stevens to replace Associate Justice William O. Douglas, whom Ford had unsuccessfully attempted to initiate impeachment proceedings against as a congressman. In December 1974, the 76-year-old Douglas suffered a stroke while vacationing in Nassau, Bahamas that paralyzed his left arm and leg. [1]
On April 9, 2010, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the Supreme Court's term in June 2010. [39] This announcement had been widely anticipated since September 2009 when Stevens confirmed that he had hired only a single law clerk for the Supreme Court term beginning in October 2010. [40] (Full ...
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 Lauderdale, Florida, after ...
John Roberts is sworn in as chief justice by senior Associate Justice John Paul Stevens in the East Room of the White House on the same day as his confirmation, September 29, 2005. Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice by Chief Justice John Roberts in the East Room of the White House on the day after his confirmation, February 1, 2006.
The former justice, 99, reflects on the Supreme Court’s past and future and one particular decision whose impacts are deeply felt today
President Gerald Ford, who had led an impeachment inquiry against Douglas in 1970 when he was the House Republican Leader, appointed John Paul Stevens to replace him. In July 1981, Stewart retired, and President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor to replace him. O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Williams early in his legal career served as a clerk to liberal former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, as well as to current U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland when Garland served ...