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John Paul Stevens stories: 33 news summaries

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Supreme Court Won't Spare Beltway Sniper

Execution set for tomorrow as request for more time fails

Nov 9, 09 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from John Allen Muhammad, also known as the Beltway sniper, clearing the way for his execution tomorrow. Muhammad’s lawyers said he needed more time to prepare his appeals. Although justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor questioned Virginia law for not affording convicts... More »

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death penalty • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • execution • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Sonia Sotomayor • Beltway Sniper


 America's 
 Most 
 Powerful 
 Octogenarians 

Slate ranks the country's top old people

Oct 21, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Retirement? Bah! Slate’s annual 80 for 80 list ranks America’s mightiest octogenarians, giving extra credit for post-80 achievements, and “being really, really old.” The top:
  1. Thomas Monson (82): As the head of the Mormon church, 13 million people think he’s a prophet “in
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Barbara Walters • Alan Greenspan • list • John Paul Stevens • Daniel Inouye • Thomas Monson • senior citizens • seniors • Noam Chomsky

INTERVIEW

Justice Stevens Hints He'll Retire This Term

Liberal stalwart, at age 89, admits, 'I'm not exactly a kid'

Oct 19, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens, the senior justice on the Supreme Court and the bench's liberal lion, says he gave serious thought to retiring—in the late 1980s, when he was 65 years old. Instead, while younger colleagues have packed their bags, Stevens has become the court's master tactician, cobbling together narrow... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • retirement • John Paul Stevens • federal judges • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

Justices Cite Free Speech in Animal Abuse Videos

They seem ready
to strike down law

Oct 6, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court seems likely to back an appellate court ruling that said depictions of animal cruelty are protected as free speech by the First Amendment. In arguments today, the justices considered the case of a man convicted of selling dogfighting videos under a 1999 law that equates videos of... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • free speech • censorship • dogfighting • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • justices • dog fighting

ANALYSIS

Stevens' Exit Would Break Court Tradition

Tradition sees justices sticking with party that appointed them

Sep 3, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court justices have traditionally waited to retire until a member of the same party that nominated them held the presidency, writes Kate Klonick for True/Slant. The custom has prevailed even when the justice’s ideology drifted away from that party. But if the rumors about John Paul Stevens’ imminent... More »

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retirement • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • judicial nominations • David Souter • Sonia Sotomayor • judicial activism

 Justice Stevens 
 May Be Getting 
 Ready to Retire 

Liberal judge slows hiring of law clerks

Sep 2, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(AP) - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired only one law clerk for the upcoming legal season, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year and give President Obama the chance to fill a second seat on the court. Justice David Souter, who was replaced... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • retirement • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court

ANALYSIS

Court Tests Limit on Death Penalty Appeals

Constitution doesn't forbid executing the innocent: Scalia

Aug 18, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court’s ruling that Troy Davis deserves a new hearing raises questions about how far the legal system is willing to go to make sure an executed man is actually guilty, writes David Von Drehle for Time. Under a 1996 law limiting death-penalty appeals, Davis is out of... More »

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death penalty • Antonin Scalia • murder • execution • US Court of Appeals • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • Troy Davis

Ga. Death Row Inmate Wins New Hearing

Supreme Court gives convicted cop killer a stay of execution

Aug 17, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court says condemned inmate Troy Davis should get another chance to prove his innocence before the state of Georgia executes him. The high court today ordered a federal judge in Georgia to determine whether there is evidence that proves Davis did not kill a police officer in 1991.... More »

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death penalty • execution • death row • cop killer • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • Troy Davis

(AP) - An Arizona middle school's strip search of a teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal, the Supreme Court ruled today. School officials violated the law with their search of Savana Redding, the justices said in an 8-1 ruling. Redding, who now attends college, was 13 when school officials... More »

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Arizona • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Constitution • John Paul Stevens • Fourth Amendment • strip search • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • Savana Redding

(AP) - The Supreme Court said today that convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime. The court ruled 5-4, with the conservative justices in the majority, against William Osborne, an Alaska man convicted in a... More »

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John Roberts • DNA • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • DNA evidence • evidence • William Osborne

Demjanjuk Won't Contest High Court Decision

Deportation to Germany, trial now await alleged Nazi

May 8, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, 89, will not seek another review of his case by the Supreme Court after the first was dismissed without comment, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The concession paves the way for the Ohio man’s deportation to Germany, where he is charged as an accessory... More »

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Germany • appeal • deportation • concentration camp • Nazi • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • John Demjanjuk • murder charges

Supreme Court Won't Stop Demjanjuk's Deportation

Options dwindling for alleged Nazi guard

May 7, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Demjanjuk's last-ditch efforts to avoid deportation to Germany because of his alleged past as a Nazi guard appear to be hitting a brick wall. Justice John Paul Stevens today rejected without comment his plea to have the Supreme Court stop the deportation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. His attorneys... More »

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Holocaust • appeal • Nazi • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • John Demjanjuk

(AP) - The Supreme Court says accidentally shooting a gun during the commission of a crime should bring the same penalties as intentionally using a firearm. The high court today upheld the conviction and sentence of Christopher Michael Dean, who was arrested for trying to rob a bank in Georgia in 2004.... More »

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John Roberts • Stephen Breyer • bank robbery • John Paul Stevens • sentencing guidelines • US Supreme Court • gun laws • accidental • automatic sentencing • Christopher Michael Dean

At 89, Influential
Justice Stevens
Isn't Budging

Oldest Supreme is vindicated as dissents become majorities

Apr 27, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens turned 89 last week, and the senior associate justice of the Supreme Court has lived to see many of his dissenting opinions eventually become the majority during his 33 years on the court. Stevens—who has given no indications of impending retirement—has led a number of... More »

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court • judge • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • dissent • 4th Amendment

(Newser) - The Supreme Court today put new limits on police officers' ability to search a car after an arrest, the Washington Post reports. The 5-4 ruling—with an unusual grouping of justices—says police need a warrant unless certain criteria apply, a break from the standard practice of about 30 years.... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • constitutional law • David Souter • automobile • traffic stop • police search

Shakespeare Debate Splits Supreme Court

Stevens finds alternate author theory beyond a reasonable doubt

Apr 18, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia don’t agree often, but the justices are united on one case: Neither believes Shakespeare’s plays could possibly have been written by a hick like William Shakespeare. Stevens has even written papers on the topic, and searched the Bard’s home for clues.... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • literature • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • William Shakespeare • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules for Power Plants, Against Fish

EPA regulators can perform cost-benefit analysis before ordering upgrades: ruling

Apr 1, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal regulators may perform cost-benefit analysis on new power plant equipment designed to protect fish, and decide whether to require the equipment based on that analysis, the Supreme Court ruled today. The 6-3 decision overturns an appellate court ruling that barred the EPA from performing cost-benefit analysis because it wasn't... More »

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Congress • environment • Antonin Scalia • fish • power plant • John Paul Stevens • environmental impact • EPA

supreme court

 Justices Reject Limits 
 on Drug Lawsuits 

Ruling makes pharma responsible for labels

Mar 4, 09 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - In a strong blow to drugmakers, the Supreme Court ruled today in favor of a Vermont woman who lost her arm after taking an anti-nausea drug made by Wyeth, the Wall Street Journal reports. The court upheld the ruling of a Vermont court that awarded guitarist Diana Levine $6.7... More »

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Vermont • liability • John Paul Stevens • Wyeth • pharmaceutical industry • US Supreme Court

 Biden Is 47th Vice President 

Longtime Del. senator sworn in at inauguration

Jan 20, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Joe Biden has assumed the office of vice president of the United States, the Washington Post reports. On the steps of the Capitol, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens swore in the longtime Delaware senator, who vowed to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • vice president • John Paul Stevens • inauguration • Jill Biden • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Supreme Court OKs Lawsuits Over 'Light' Cigarettes

State laws allow for legal action for alleged deceptive marketing

Dec 15, 08 10:22 AM CST
(AP) - The Supreme Court ruled today that lawsuits may proceed against tobacco companies for allegedly deceptive marketing of “light” cigarettes. In a 5-4 split won by the court’s liberals, the court said smokers may use state consumer-protection laws to sue over such promotional methods. The decision was at odds... More »

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label • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • false advertising • cigarette

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