Potter Stewart Biography

Occup.	Judge
From	USA
Born	January 23, 1915 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died	December 7, 1985 New Hampshire, USA
Cause	Stroke
Aged	70 years

Potter Stewart was an American attorney and jurist who acted as a Partner Justice of the USA Supreme Court from 1958 till 1981. He was born upon January 23, 1915, in Jackson, Michigan, to a noticeable family members. His father, James Garfield Stewart, was a legal representative as well as political leader who acted as the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1938 to 1947.

Stewart got his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1937, where he was a member of the respected secret culture, Skull and also Bones. He after that took place to attend Yale Legislation Institution, finishing in 1941. Throughout The Second World War, he offered in the USA Navy, seeing action in both the Atlantic and also Pacific cinemas.

After the war, Stewart exercised legislation in Cincinnati and came to be involved in Republican politics. In 1954, he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by Head Of State Dwight D. Eisenhower. He offered on the Sixth Circuit till his consultation to the Supreme Court in 1958.

Stewart's period on the High court was marked by his traditional views on concerns such as criminal justice, civil rights, as well as abortion. He was likewise recognized for his solid support of First Change protections, particularly in situations entailing free speech and also the press.

Among Stewart's most notable viewpoints remained in the spots situation of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963. Because situation, he created the bulk opinion, which held that all offenders in criminal instances deserve to a lawyer, no matter their ability to pay. This decision changed criminal justice in the United States, guaranteeing that indigent accuseds would have access to lawful depiction.

Stewart relinquished the High court in 1981, after twenty-three years of service. He passed away on December 7, 1985, in Hanover, New Hampshire, at the age of seventy. Throughout his job, he was understood for his honesty, knowledge, and commitment to the regulation. He was widely appreciated by both his associates and also the legal area at big and left a long-term legacy as one of one of the most significant and highly regarded jurists of his time.

Our collection contains 12 quotes who is written / told by Potter, under the main topic Legal.

Related authors: Dwight D. Eisenhower (President), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

12 Famous quotes by Potter Stewart

"The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion"

"Swift justice demands more than just swiftness"

"It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures"

"To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him"

"A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person"

"In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property"

"Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do"

"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself"

"Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life"

"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it"

"The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights"

"Fairness is what justice really is"