Word: stevenses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The momentous decision came quietly, for it is never known exactly when the court will hand down an historic ruling. One traditional clue, though, is the appearance of the Justices' wives, so there was a rustle of anticipation in the crowded courtroom just before 10 last Wednesday morning at the...
In the majority opinion, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens said he did not consider the "reference to excretory and sexual organs and activities" as obscene. Instead, he termed it as "patently offensive" in a broadcast media that "excercises a uniquely pervasive presence in the lives of all Americans."
Justice Powell is the engineer of the synthesis decision the Court released Wednesday, which addresses some of the larger concerns of both Bakke's supporters and his detractors. The decision legitimates the use of racially sensitive criteria in an admissions process, upholding the judgment of Justices Brennan, White, Marshall and...
That women live longer than men is a fact of, well, life. Under many pension plans, women pay for it in bigger paycheck deductions for retirement benefits or smaller payments once they have started collecting. Last week the Supreme Court ruled, 6 to 2, that charging women more than men...
Though Bunny will not say precisely what constitutes Paul's Hyde-like side, she will say that whatever she does not like about him she attributes to the influence of Stoddard Stevens, an 86-year-old Wall Street lawyer who is still Paul's chief financial adviser. "Stoddard...