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John Paul Stevens
Age: 99 †
Born: 1920
Born: April 20
Died: 2019
Died: July 16
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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Illinois
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Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin.
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The level of discourse reaching a mailbox simply cannot be limited to that which would be suitable for a sandbox.
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When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof the pig is obscene.
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The graphic emphasis placed on those first lines is rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference.
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To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.
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One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.
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It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.
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Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and weaken the foundation of our democracy.
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The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.
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Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also the individual's freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority.
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