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John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens
Judge
Born: Apr 20, 1920
Best Decision Job People While Work
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The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. John Paul Stevens
Government Religion Neutrality Complete Must Pursue Toward Course
For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation. John Paul Stevens
Gun Gun Control Control State Adoption Federal Over Limit Enact Understood Years Amendment Authority Any Legislation After Either Placing Second Second Amendment
When I signed on to letting the death penalty back in, I thought the procedural protections against executing an innocent person were stronger than they turned out to be. John Paul Stevens
Death Innocent Thought Stronger Back Penalty Signed Out Executing Were Death Penalty Than Person Procedural Against Turned Letting
It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written. John Paul Stevens
Job Our Laws Written Been Apply
Of course, when I joined the Navy and when I took up the correspondence course in cryptography, I had to sign an oath that I would never reveal what sort of work I was involved in. It was only some years after the war that Congress passed a statute relieving me of that obligation. John Paul Stevens
Work War Me Obligation Congress Took Sign Oath Correspondence Would Relieving Some Only Joined Never Had Involved Cryptography Sort Course Reveal Passed Years Up After Navy
They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade. John Paul Stevens
Will Soldiers Federal Foot Crusade May Against
To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment? John Paul Stevens
Decision Judgment Make Coverage Medical
I had been born a Republican. My dad was an active Republican, but he was not active in politics and I really never was either. It's true that I did belong to that party, but it really had very little impact on my public work or my private views. John Paul Stevens
Work Politics Party Active Impact Born Never Had He True Private Been Very Did Either Republican Public Little Really Views Dad Belong
I'm a person who plays Ping-Pong once in a while. John Paul Stevens
Once Person While Who Plays
I play duplicate bridge and I play golf and I go swimming once in a while. John Paul Stevens
Swimming Once Go Duplicate Golf While Bridge Play Play Golf
It almost seems I was writing two separate books, the first one about the time before I went on the court and the second one about the many, many terms I was on the court. John Paul Stevens
Time Writing First Before Books About Seems Almost Terms First One Court Separate Many Second Two
Public officials, including state legislators, have a duty to act impartially. John Paul Stevens
Duty State Officials Legislators Public Act Public Officials Including
But I wound like people to think I was an honest judge and a good judge. And I always tried the reach the best result in every case. John Paul Stevens
Best Good People Judge Result Every Think Tried Wound Case Like Reach Always Honest
I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible. John Paul Stevens
Best People Job Think Positions Preserving Possible Jobs More Doing Than Maybe Interested Elected
There was a fear among the original framers that the federal government would be so strong that they might destroy the state militias. John Paul Stevens
Government Strong Fear State Framers Destroy Would Would-Be Federal Federal Government Might Original Among
When I joined the Supreme Court in 1975, both state and federal judges accepted the Court's unanimous decision in United States v. Miller as having established that the Second Amendment's protection of the right to bear arms was possessed only by members of the militia and applied only to weapons used by the militia. John Paul Stevens
Protection Decision State States Possessed Members Unanimous Weapons Having Only Bear Both Joined Federal Supreme Arms Supreme Court Court Judges Accepted Amendment Established Used United Militia United States Miller Right Second Applied

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