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v. t. e. 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.
In that case, Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the majority, held that the United States Constitution protected three separate aspects of the right to travel among the states: (1) the right to enter one state and leave another (an inherent right with historical support from the Articles of Confederation),
2009 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens. The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. This was the thirty-fifth and final term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens 's tenure on the Court; Stevens retired on June 29, 2010. Wong v. Belmontes. Stevens ...
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discussed Freedom for the Thought That We Hate in a review for The New York Review of Books. Freedom for the Thought That We Hate was first published in 2007 by Basic Books in New York, with the subtitle, A Biography of the First Amendment.
Indeed, from 1789 to 1970, the average Supreme Court justice served for 15.2 years. By contrast, justices appointed after 1970 who have since left the bench have served an average of 27.6 years ...
The 2008 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2008, and concluded October 4, 2009. This was the thirty-fourth term of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens 's tenure on the Court. Hedgpeth v. Pulido. Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn. Carcieri v. Salazar. Pleasant Grove City v.
Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 (2011), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that speech made in a public place on a matter of public concern cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress, even if the speech is viewed as offensive or outrageous.
VI, XIV. Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that criminal defense attorneys must advise noncitizen clients about the deportation risks of a guilty plea. The case extended the Supreme Court's prior decisions on criminal defendants' Sixth Amendment right to counsel ...