Five Chiefs A Supreme Court Memoir

Name: Five Chiefs A Supreme Court Memoir
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ISBN: 9780316199797

ISBN-10: 0316199796

ISBN-13: 9780316199797

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Paul Stevens

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When he resigned in June 2010, Justice John Paul Stevens was the third-longest-serving Supreme Court justice in American history. As a lawyer and on the court, he worked with five chief justices: as a law clerk during Fred Vinson's tenure, a practicing lawyer when Earl Warren was chief, a circuit judge and junior justice during Warren Burger's term, a contemporary colleague of William Rehnquist, and a colleague of current Chief Justice John Roberts. FIVE CHIEFS is his personal account of the workings of the court from his personal experiences with these men, and the controversial cases they deliberated over, from freedom of speech and affirmative action to capital punishment and sovereign…

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List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 10/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.23" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Justice John Paul Stevens was Second Vice President of the Chicago Bar Association in 1970. From 1970-1975, he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. President Ford nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat December 19, 1975. Justice Stevens retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2010.



Introduction



The First Twelve Chiefs



Chief Justice of the United States



Fred Vinson



Earl Warren



Warren Burger



William Rehnquist



John Roberts Jr.



Second among Equals


Epilogue


Appendix: Constitution of the United States


Acknowledgments


Index