\"Supreme Court Justice\" Potter Stewart Hand Signed Magazine Bio For Sale

Up for sale "Supreme Court Justice" Potter Stewart Hand Signed Magazine Bio.

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Potter

Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7,

1985) was an Associate

Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1958 to

1981. During his tenure, he made, among other areas, major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights,

access to the courts, and Fourth

Amendment jurisprudence. After graduating from Yale Law

School in 1941, Stewart served in World War II

as a member of the United States Navy Reserve. After the war,

he practiced law and served on the Cincinnati

city council. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Stewart to

the United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 1958, Eisenhower

nominated Stewart to succeed retiring Associate Justice Harold Hitz Burton, and Stewart won Senate confirmation the following year. He

was frequently in the minority during the Warren Court

but emerged as a centrist swing vote on the Burger Court.

Stewart retired in 1981 and was succeeded by Sandra Day O'Connor. Stewart wrote the majority

opinion in notable cases such as Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., Katz v. United States, Chimel v. California, and Sierra Club v. Morton. He wrote

dissenting opinions in cases such as Engel v. Vitale,

In re Gault

and Griswold v. Connecticut. His

concurring opinion in Jacobellis v. Ohio popularized the phrase

"I know it when I see it."