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Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
Potter Stewart (born Jan. 23, 1915, Jackson, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 7, 1985, Hanover, N.H.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1958–81). Stewart was admitted to the bar in New York and Ohio in 1941 and after World War II settled in Cincinnati.
Read about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart got to the Court, including his education, career, and confirmation process.
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Aug 10, 2023 · Potter Stewart (1915–1985), associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981, is frequently remembered for his famous nondefinition of obscenity: “I know it when I see it.”
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Potter Stewart.
The phrase was used in 1964 by United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart to describe his threshold test for obscenity in Jacobellis v. Ohio. [1][2] In explaining why the material at issue in the case was not obscene under the Roth test, and therefore was protected speech that could not be censored, Stewart wrote:
Aug 16, 2024 · Potter Stewart's legacy on the Supreme Court is significant in modern American constitutional law, particularly regarding privacy rights. His influence shaped how subsequent generations interpreted the Constitution's guarantees.
Dec 8, 1985 · Potter Stewart, an Eisenhower Republican from Ohio who spent 23 years on the Supreme Court, died yesterday in a hospital in Hanover, N.H., where he had been admitted after suffering a stroke.
May 21, 2018 · U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985) was a strong supporter of civil rights and of First and Fourteenth amendment rights to freedom of expression.
