Crime & Justice

How Justice John Paul Stevens Became a Liberal Hero

END OF AN ERA

The Republican appointee, who passed away Tuesday at 99, made a remarkable evolution to liberal firebrand, but his judicial philosophy was more principled than ideological.

Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson
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Jay Michaelson

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