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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.
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,...
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Apr 16, 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.
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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...
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Justice John Paul Stevens overcame family tragedy during the Great Depression and went on to become the third-longest serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court. John Paul Stevens was born on April 20, 1920, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
Jul 17, 2019 · Stevens, a Republican-nominated justice who became the court's leading liberal, died after a stroke in 2019. He served for 35 years and shaped decisions on issues such as death penalty, gay rights, abortion and Guantanamo Bay.
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...
