Justice Stevens

Stevens Challeges The Court To Clarify Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A day after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, retired Justice John Paul Stevens on Wednesday night backed President Barack Ob...

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The Supreme Joy of Citizens United

Jim Worth | Posted 03.26.2012

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Let's reverse the damage the Supreme Court's decision has done to our electoral process and make our individual votes count just as our forefather's intended.

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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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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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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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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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Liberals Overreact to Citizens United

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Liberals and Democrats fear their ideological foes will benefit from the Court's decision, and the nascent campaigns launched in response are unmistakable acts of political warfare.

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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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Retiring Justice John Paul Stevens Speaks At 7th Circuit Bar Association Dinner

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens made clear to a friendly hometown crowd of lawyers and judges in Monday night that even at age 9...

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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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A Muted Farewell For John Paul Stevens In Provocative Free Speech, Gay Rights Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Shriram Harid | Posted 05.25.2011

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Justice Stevens capped his 35-year tenure on the bench on Wednesday with a muted farewell. But the case before the Court, Doe v. Reed, may shape the d...

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We the People v. the Roberts Court

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here we go again. The balance of justice between businesses and citizens is being tested this week in the Supreme Court. If recent history is a guide, this may not end well.

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John Paul Stevens Turns 90, Becomes Second Oldest Supreme Court Justice After Oliver Wendell Holmes

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — His tenure on the Supreme Court touched four decades, following service in a war that defined his generation and a childhood in a p...

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Unanimous Supreme Court Narrows Deportation Pipeline

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a hugely significant unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that a documented immigrant convicted of two minor drug-possession crimes will not face mandatory deportation.

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How Justice Stevens May Have Saved Our Gun Laws

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the nation contemplates Justice Stevens' impending retirement and its implications, all Americans concerned about the daily tragedy of American gun violence should pause to recognize their debt of gratitude to him.

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Supreme Court: Does It Matter Who's the Next Justice?

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are two kinds of Americans: those who care fervently about the Supreme Court and those who care, mostly, not a whit at all about it.

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Secular Law Is Progressive, Constitutionally

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

In selecting a new justice to replace Stevens, all that's necessary is to a capable and honest person to uphold a progressive instrument of governance.

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Bard Blog on Supreme Court Selections

Ken Adelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Forsooth! Justice Stevens has made a bigger impact on the Court than anyone expected when President Ford appointed him.

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Dr. Cornel West - SCOTUS - hmmmmm

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

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I hope the President nominates Cornel West. Yes, the guy with the Don King hairstyle. Yes, the Dr. Cornell West with the 2 Ivy League degrees, the ton of books and essays. The Dr. Cornel West grounded in Christianity.

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Dawn Johnsen's Fall and Justice Stevens' Replacement

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the news of Justice Stevens' retirement took most of the media attention on Friday, it's not really a distraction from Dawn Johnsen's fate. Both standoffs reveal the profound ambivalence in Obama's pledges to restore the rule of law.

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The Protestant Seat on the Supreme Court

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Should President Obama nominate a Protestant to succeed Justice Stevens? If not, this will be the first time in American history without a Protestant on the Court.

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Justice John Paul Stevens' 10 Most Important Supreme Court Decisions

The Huffington Post | Shriram Harid | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the course of his 34-year tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced on Friday that he will retire this summer, has op...

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O'Connor's Voice of Conscience

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Sandra Day O'Connor, who marked her 80th birthday last month, has emerged as the most cogent -- and for conservatives, the most vexing -- foe of the court majority.

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