Justice Stevens, champion of the powerless
A look back at our compilation of essays on Justice Stevens shows him to be committed to judicial restraint while at the same time championing the rights of the powerless.
30 Days of Stevens
33 articles
Justice Stevens’ unfinished revival of the right to jury trial
The following essay, by Jeffrey L. Fisher, is the last in our series on John Paul Stevens. Fisher, now an associate professor of law at Stanford Law School, clerked for Justice Stevens during the 1998-1999 Supreme Court Term.
Justice Stevens
The following tribute for our series on John Paul Stevens is by David Levi, dean of Duke Law School. Levi clerked for Justice Powell during the 1981 Supreme Court Term.
Interview with Bill Barnhart, part II
Steve Sanders continues his interview with Chicago Tribune editor Bill Barnhart about his new biography of Justice Stevens, discussing the Justice’s judicial philosophy.
The Greatest Justice
The following essay, one of the final ones for our John Paul Stevens series, was written by Cliff Sloan. Sloan clerked for Justice Stevens during the 1985 Supreme Court Term, and is now a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom.
Interview with Bill Barnhart, part I
As part of our series on John Paul Stevens, Steve Sanders, an associate in the appellate and Supreme Court practice group of Mayer Brown and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan Law School, recently interviewed Chicago Tribune editor and writer Bill Barnhart about his new biography of Justice Stevens, John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life.
Doubts About Death
The following essay for our series on John Paul Stevens is by Lauren Sudeall Lucas (scroll down on this page to see her bio). Lucas clerked for Justice Stevens during the 2006 Term, and is now a Staff Attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Legacy of a Moderate
The following essay for our series on John Paul Stevens is by George Rutherglen, a law professor at the University of Virginia. Rutherglen clerked for Justice Stevens during the Justice’s first Term on the Court, from 1975-76.
John Paul Stevens, leader of the Resistance
The following essay was written by Andrew Siegel, an Associate Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law.
Justice Stevens and the Korematsu era
The following essay was written by Craig Green, an Associate Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law. His areas of expertise include wartime detention, equal protection, the federal sentencing guidelines, customary international law, and Erie, and he has also worked in the Solicitor General’s Office as a Bristow Fellow.
From clerk to Justice
The following essay was written by Laura Krugman Ray, a Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law. Professor Ray specializes in the areas of the Supreme Court, civil procedure, legislation, Constitutional law, and election law, and is the author of Clerk and Justice: The Ties that Bind John Paul Stevens and Wiley B. Rutledge (Connecticut Law Review 2008).
Justice Stevens’ path from centrist to liberal
The following essay for our thirty-day series on John Paul Stevens is by Norman Dorsen, the Stokes Professor of Law and Counselor to the President at New York University. Professor Dorsen has written extensively on Justice Stevens’ jurisprudence.