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John Paul Stevens: Biography - College Term Paper

John Paul Stevens: Biography

John Paul Stevens, the 101st Justice to serve on the supreme court of
the United States, and the first appointed by President Gerald R. Ford. John
Paul Stevens became a member of the high court in December of 1975. Stevens, a
middle aged man, with a reputation as a sharp-minded, hardworking lawyer, and
first rate judge was given the highest evaluation from the American Bar
Association committee that examined his record. ³A superb judicial craftsman²
and a Judge¹s judge,² are two of the praises that Stevens has received from the
United States Court of Appeals.
Stevens was voted into the supreme court with a vote of 98-0. In that
time, Stevens was considered by the press, to be a ...

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Stevens attended the University of Chicago High School, and then later
went to the University its self. In 1941, he left the University with a Phi
Betta Kappa key, and a B.A. degree. He joined the navy, after the U.S entered
World War 2. Stevens was stationed in Washington D.C, as a intelligence officer
on the staff of admiral Chester W. Nimitz. He worked with a group assigned to
break Japanese codes. for doing this, he was awarded the Bronze Star. After he
returned to Chicago, (at the end of the war) he enrolled himself into
Northwestern University School of Law to earn his J.D. degree, where he
graduated first in his class. Not long after that, he was admitted into the
Order of the Coif and the Phi Delta Phi law society.
From 1947 to 48, Stevens spent the year as a clerk to supreme court
justice Wiley Rutledge. After that, he joined his first law firm, Poppenhausen,
Johnston, Thompson & Raymond. A Chicago based firm, that he was inducted to as
an Associate.
This was in ...

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Added: 5/17/2008 03:18:33 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 486
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