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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. At the time of his death in 2019 at age 99, he was the longest-lived Supreme Court justice ever. His long tenure saw him write for the Court on most issues of American law, including civil liberties, the death penalty, government action, and intellectual property. Despite being a registered Republican who throughout his life identified as a conservative, Stevens was considered to have been on the liberal side of the Court at the time of his retirement. Born in Chicago, Stevens served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law. After clerking for Justice Wiley Rutledge, he co-founded a law firm in Chicago, focusing on antitrust law. In 1970, President Richard Nixon appointed Stevens to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Five years later, President Gerald Ford successfully nominated Stevens to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Justice William O. Douglas. He became the senior associate justice after the retirement of Harry Blackmun in 1994. After the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Stevens briefly acted in the capacity of Chief Justice before the appointment of John Roberts. Stevens retired in 2010 during the administration of President Barack Obama and was succeeded by Elena Kagan. Stevens's majority opinions in landmark cases include Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Apprendi v. New Jersey, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., Kelo v. City of New London, Gonzales v. Raich, U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, and Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. Stevens is also known for his dissents in Texas v. Johnson, Bush v. Gore, Bethel v. Fraser, District of Columbia v. Heller, Printz v. United States, and Citizens United v. FEC. Life and career Early life and education (1920–1947) Stevens was born on April 20, 1920, in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, to a wealthy family. His paternal grandfather had formed an insurance company and held real estate in Chicago, and his granduncle owned the Chas A. Stevens department store. His father, Ernest James Stevens (1884–1972), was a lawyer who later became an hotelier, owning two hotels: the La Salle and the Stevens Hotel. The family lost ownership of the hotels during the Great Depression, and Stevens's father, grandfather, and an uncle were charged with embezzlement; the Illinois Supreme Court later overturned the conviction, criticizing the prosecution. His mother, Elizabeth Street Stevens (1881–1979), was a high school English teacher. Two of his three older brothers also became lawyers. A lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, Stevens was 12 when he attended the 1932 World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs in Chicago's Wrigley Field, in which Babe Ruth allegedly called his shot. Stevens later recalled: "Ruth did point to the center-field scoreboard. And he did hit the ball out of the park after he pointed with his bat, so it really happened." He also had the opportunity to meet several notable people of the era, including the famed aviators Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, the latter of whom gave him a caged dove as a gift. The family lived in Hyde Park, and Stevens attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where he graduated in 1937. He later attended the University of Chicago, where he majored in English, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with highest honors in 1941. While in college, Stevens also became a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He began work on his master's degree in English at the university in 1941 but soon decided to join the United States Navy. He enlisted on December 6, 1941, one day before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and served as an intelligence officer in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945. Stevens was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in the codebreaking team whose work led to the downing of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plane in 1943 (Operation Vengeance). Stevens married Elizabeth Jane Shereen in June 1942. Divorcing her in 1979, he married Maryan Mulholland Simon that December; that marriage lasted until Simon's death in 2015 following complications from hip surgery. He had four children: John Joseph (who died of cancer in 1996), Kathryn (who died in 2018), Elizabeth, and Susan. With the end of World War II, Stevens returned to Illinois, intending to return to his studies in English, but was persuaded by his brother Richard, who was a lawyer, to attend law school. Stevens enrolled in the Northwestern University School of Law in 1945, with the G.I. Bill paying most of his tuition. Stevens graduated in 1947 ranked first in his class with a J.D. magna cum laude, having earned the highest GPA in the school's history. Legal career, 1947–1970 After receiving high recommendations from several Northwestern faculty members, Stevens served as a law clerk to Supreme Court justice Wiley Rutledge during the 1947–48 term. Following his clerkship, Stevens returned to Chicago and joined the law firm of Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson & Raymond (now Jenner & Block). Stevens was admitted to the bar in 1949. He determined that he would not stay long at the Poppenhusen firm after being docked his pay for the day he took off to travel to Springfield to swear his oath of admission. During his time at the firm, Stevens began his practice in antitrust law. In 1951, he returned to Washington, DC, to serve as associate counsel to the Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. During this time, the subcommittee worked on several highly publicized investigations in many industries, most notably Major League Baseball. In 1952, Stevens returned to Chicago and, together with two other young lawyers with whom he had worked at Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson & Raymond, formed his own law firm: Rothschild, Stevens, Barry & Myers. It soon developed into a successful practice, with Stevens continuing to focus on antitrust cases. His growing expertise in antitrust law led to an invitation to teach the "Competition and Monopoly" course at the University of Chicago Law School, and from 1953 to 1955, he was a member of the Attorney General's National Committee to Study Antitrust Laws. At the same time, Stevens was making a name for himself as a first-rate antitrust litigator and was involved in a number of trials. He was widely regarded by colleagues as an extraordinarily capable and impressive lawyer with a fantastic memory and analytical ability, and authored a number of influe.... Discover the John Stevens popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Stevens books.
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Injustice
Lee GoodmanFrom the author of the “stellar” (Publishers Weekly) Indefensible comes a “complex and intelligent” (John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author) legal mystery and courtroom ...
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Illinois Justice
Kenneth A. ManasterIllinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and ’70s. In Illinois Justice, Kenneth Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The socalled ...
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I Dissent
Debbie LevyGet to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgin the first picture book about her lifeas she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!Supreme Court ...
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Song For A Dark Queen
Rosemary SutcliffFrom the day Cadwan fashioned a sword from a willow wand and composed a victory song for his young mistress, Boudicca, he has loyally charted her rise to Queen. Boudicca is the str...
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Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America
Pedro VelasquezWith centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are w...
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Poetry and Repetition
Krystyna MazurThis book examines the function of repetition in the work of Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens and John Ashbery. All three poets extensively employ and comment upon the effects of rep...
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The Green Berets
Robin Moore & Thomas R. CsrnkoIn Vietnam, Robin Moore became on the of the first true “embedded” journalists, training and fighting alongside America’s most elite fighters. Though fictionalized, The Green Beret...
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John W. Stevens v. State Indiana
Supreme Court of Indiana No. 1275S366ON PETITION FOR REHEARING Appellant has petitioned for rehearing of his appeal, which we decided September 24, 1976 (reported at 354 N.E.2d 727). His contention is that this Court ...
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Creating Your Own Monologue
Glenn AltermanIn the second edition of this popular guide, actors learn to use their skills to write monologues, performance art pieces, and oneperson plays. Updated to include exclusive intervi...
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13 Hours
Mitchell Zuckoff & The Annex Security TeamThe harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi.13 HOURS presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the event...
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The Network
Lincoln SchatzAs the nation grapples with some of the greatest developments and challenges to date, The Network presents a dynamic portrait of the people who help shape America's current technol...
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Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue
Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Amanda L. TylerRuth Bader Ginsburg’s final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a “more perfect Union.”In the fall of 20...
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Vegetable Growing Month-by-Month
John HarrisonWhatever the size of your garden or allotment, you can grow your own vegetables. Even if you only have a balcony or a small paved area outside your kitchen, you can grow more than ...
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Echowake
John G. StevensThere’s a shadow on Trede’s tail. And it's going to get him killed. Haunted by a mysterious curse, Trede is always on the run. Until one day that dark force takes a more solid form...
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The Essential Allotment Guide
John HarrisonIn recent years allotments have grown in popularity with demand far outstripping supply. John Harrison shows how to improve your chances of getting an allotment and move up the wai...
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Great Monologues
Glenn AltermanA musthave resource for aspiring actors: both monologues to audition with and a stepbystep guide on the best monologue audition preparation!Great Monologues: And How to Give Winnin...
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Die Phantasie-Reise nach John O. Stevens in der Orientierungsphase eines Coachingprozesses
Christine NissenEinleitung Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. Diese Erkenntnis wird Albert Einstein zugeschrieben. Der Physiker Albert Einstein hat schon erkannt, wie ...
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Lost in the Light
John G. StevensThe heroes of Sedenza narrowly defeated Proteus, his magical Stormweapon and the entire Outcast army. But not without great loss. At the battle’s climax, Trede, the entity known as...
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Becoming RBG
Debbie LevyFrom the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Supreme Court justice Ruth Bad...
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Indefensible
Lee Goodman“Complex and intelligent, fantastically wellplotted” (New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart), this taut legal thriller follows the trail of a man determined to protect h...
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My Own Words
Ruth Bader GinsburgThe New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg“a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fa...
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The June Boys
Court StevensFrom awardwinning and highly acclaimed author Court Stevens comes a gripping, emotional story of small towns, rumors, and thirteen missing boys.The Gemini Thief could be anyone.For...
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Earthwalks for Body and Spirit
James Endredy & Victor SanchezA workbook of simple walking exercises to quiet the mind, expand consciousness, and rediscover our sacred relationship with Earth. Foreword by Victor Sanchez, author of The Teachi...
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Tempest Born
John G. StevensWe had one chance to stop Proteus from awaking this Storm. We failed… Trede and his friends failed to stop Proteus from stirring a great power. Now an atrocity of magic tears...
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Tales from a Financial Hot Mess
Frances CookAre you stymied by debt? Clueless about where your paychecks go? Journalist, podcaster and reformed money mess Frances Cook is here for you. Tales from a Financial Hot Mess is...
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Dinners with Ruth
Nina TotenbergCelebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and lifeaffirming relationships, including her beautiful friendsh...
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John Paul Stevens and the Constitution
Robert SickelsA good pragmatist's constitutional theory is inseparable from the legal disputes out of which it arises. John Paul Stevens's theory, that of deciding individual cases well instead ...
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Almost Human
John K StevensHis world had entered an Ice Age. Sheets of ice had changed the coastlines of continents, destabilized crustal plates and ground his Civilization out of existence. Over millennia t...
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John Paul Stevens
Christopher E. SmithThis book examines the judicial opinions and criminal justice policy impact of Justice John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most prolific opinion author during his 35year ca...
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Maria Antoinette
John Stevens Cabot AbbottMaria Antoinette: Makers of History written by John Stevens Cabot Abbott who was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer. This book is one of many works by him. It ha...
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John Frank Stevens
Clifford FoustOne of America's foremost civil engineers of the past 150 years, John Frank Stevens was a railway reconnaissance and location engineer whose reputation was made on the Canadian Pac...
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Die Kunst der Wahrnehmung
John O. StevensLernen, sensibler und aufmerksamer mit sich selbst und anderen umzugehen Mit einem neuen Vorwort des Autors Eine überzeugende Verknüpfung von Erwachsenenbildung und Lebenshilfe Ein...
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LetterofMarque
John StevensShip's Log 3.10, 2397 AD When I was young I dreamed of becoming a merchant, of sailing between stars, of trading strange goods with even stranger aliens. I never intended to beco...
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John Stevens v. Durbin-Durco
Supreme Court of North DakotaAction by John Stevens for damages for personal injuries sustained by him while using a "load binder," a device manufactured by defendant, DurbinDurco, Inc. At the Conclusion of pl...
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The Dharma of Poetry
John BrehmDiscover how to engage with poetry to support your spiritual practice, leading to more mindfulness, equanimity, and joy.In The Dharma of Poetry, John Brehm shows how poems can open...