A Glance at the Character and Work of John Paul Stevens
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died July 16, at age 99. He served on the Court for 35 years, retiring in 2010.
Stevens was known for a humble, respectful manner, and for clear, well-founded judicial opinions. For a view of those qualities, read "Both Opinion and Quip Showed Justice Stevens in Fine Form."
In 2014 he published a book in which he wrote up six amendments to fix problems caused by several Court rulings since William Rehnquist joined the Court in 1986. The book gives a good history and description of each problem. For a brief rundown and text of each of Stevens's amendments, read "Justice Stevens Pens Six Amendments to Tune-Up Constitution."
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By Quinn Hungeski, TheParagraph.com, Copyright (CC BY-ND) 2019
Comments
One of America's best
jurists, ever.
Sad that our Constitution has been usurped by the Patriot Act.
IMHO
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Worst U.S. Supreme Court Justices
In the past, Republicans have nominated some excellent supreme court justices, like John Paul Stevens, but that is now ancient history. IMO the current crop of Republican appointed Supreme Court justices will enter the ranks of worst Supreme Court justices in American history. Clarence Thomas has already joined the group according to some critics.
Is Samuel Chase still the worst of the worst?
Only Supreme Court judge ever to be impeached, 1804, for among other things highly partisan decisions. The Senate refused to convict, Chase remained on the bench, and the Supreme Court became, effectively, immune from impeachment.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
high crimes and misdemeanors
It was, pretty much, anyway. A President, etc., can be hit for malfeasance in office, as well as a variety of violations of the Constitution, black-letter Federal Law, certain prerogatives of the other branches of government, etc. (High crimes and misdemeanors.) But since Samuel Chase, we've been dealing with lawyers who knew better than to push those envelopes in all SCOTUS's seats. And it's a little difficult to impeach one of the people whose job it is to define "malfeasance in office" for, well, malfeasance in office!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides