John Paul Stevens

Obama Honors Medal Of Freedom Recipients

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — Sketching impressive contributions to society in intensely personal terms, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to...

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How Would Obamacare Fare Before Justices Who Received Top Honor?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Later this spring, retired Justice John Paul Stevens will become the ninth former member of the Supreme Court to receive the Presidentia...

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WATCH: Colbert's Amazing Interview With Retired Supreme Court Justice

Posted 01.20.2012

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It's been widely reported that politicians have been warned against appearing on "The Colbert Report" for fear of Stephen Colbert using comedy tricker...

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Justices Refuse To Hear Death Penalty Case Raising Racism Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to hear a controversial death penalty case out of Texas and agreed to hear oral argument on...

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Former Supreme Court Justice Blasts Bush Over 2000 Election

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.10.2011

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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens writes in his new memoir, Five Chiefs, that the George W. Bush campaign's 2000 appeal to the United Sta...

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Five Chiefs: A Review of Justice John Paul Stevens' New Supreme Court Memoir

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 12.03.2011

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In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens brings to life the secret world inside the Supreme Court that he encountered during the course of his more than 60-year career.

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Who's Urging Supreme Court To Listen To GOP Judge On Health Care?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When the Justice Department submitted a petition to the Supreme Court yesterday urging it to declare once and for all that the 2010 heal...

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Justice John Paul Stevens Talks Death Penalty, Citizens United, New Memoir

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens sat in his chambers Monday afternoon as his former colleagues -- and his successor, Justice Elen...

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Justice Stevens: Bin Laden Killing Legal

Diane Marie Amann | Posted 07.13.2011

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Stevens said targeting a known individual for death was different from killing anonymous enemies in time of war, but that the May 2 operation that ended bin Laden's life was different.

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Retiring Justice Stevens Writing Book On 5 Chief Justices

WSJ | Ashby Jones | Posted 06.29.2011

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Retirement (or at least the retirement we plan for ourselves someday: a total and complete devotion to cheap gin, expensive chorizo, bad golf, daytime...

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Ex-Justice Stevens Explains Flip On Death Penalty

New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In 1976, just six months after he joined the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens voted to reinstate capital punishment after a four...

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Justice Stevens Voices Support For Islamic Cultural Center Near Ground Zero

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday that Americans should be tolerant of plans to build an Islamic center...

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Ex-Supreme Court Justices Jab 'Citizens United' Ruling

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor recently appeared to come to a similar conclusion about the majority decision ...

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John Paul Stevens, William J. Brennan and the Death Penalty

Seth Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

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Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has made headlines by explaining how he went from supporting capital punishment to concluding it is unconstitutional. William J. Brennan Jr. might have felt vindicated.

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The New York Review Of Books

The New York Review of Books | Posted 05.25.2011

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As is typical of many Supreme Court opinions rejecting legal arguments advanced by defendants in capital cases, Garland's prologue begins with a detai...

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Justice Stevens's One Regret: Upholding The Death Penalty

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over an almost 35 year Supreme Court career, now retired Justice John Paul Stevens said recently that the lone vote he regrets is one that he cast to ...

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Kagan Senate Debate Begins, Confirmation On Track

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans presented dueling portraits Tuesday of Elena Kagan and the Supreme Court she's seeking to join at the sta...

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Justice Anthony Kennedy's Influence On Supreme Court Likely To Grow

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony Kennedy, who already decides whether liberals or conservatives win the Supreme Court's most closely contested cases...

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Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House is in the grip of conventional centrist wisdom. Grim results stretch from Afghanistan to the Gulf of Mexico to communities across the USA.

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The White House Press Corps Will Not Be Getting A Supreme Court Pick Date Today

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama is expected to make a decision on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens any day now. And that "an...

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David Axelrod: Obama Looking For Supreme Court Nominee With 'Spark And Leadership' Of John Paul Stevens

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will choose a Supreme Court nominee he thinks can provide the "spark and leadership" of retiring Justice Joh...

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John Paul Stevens Slams Speculation On Supreme Court Nominees' Opinions

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Wednesday he disagrees with senators trying to determine judicial no...

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Obama Interviews Elena Kagan For Supreme Court Nominee

Newsweek | By Daniel Klaidman and Ben Adler | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEWSWEEK has learned that President Obama interviewed Solicitor General Elena Kagan at the White House on Friday for the open seat on the Supreme Cour...

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Christian Bias and Supreme Court Extremism

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Supreme Court revealed to the world recently an extraordinary religious extremism that belies any quaint notion of judicial restraint.

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John Paul Stevens Retires From Supreme Court, Bow Tie-Clad Lawyers Say Goodbye

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Bowtie-wearing lawyers and spectators dotted the U.S. Supreme Court chamber on Monday, a nod to retiring justice John Paul Stevens ...

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