John Paul Stevens at the Progressive Forum

Title: John Paul Stevens at the Progressive Forum
Location: Wortham Center, Cullen Theater
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Description: Widely regarded as the leader of the liberal wing, John Paul Stevens, 90, was the third-longest serving justice in U.S. Supreme Court history, retiring officially June 28. A native of Chicago, he attended the University of Chicago before serving in the Navy during World War II, earning a Bronze Star for his work as a code-breaker. He attended Northwestern Law School where he edited the law review and graduated with the highest grades in the law school’s history at that time. In 1947, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge, the last of the Roosevelt appointments. He joined a prominent Chicago law firm before forming his own firm, building an expertise in anti-trust matters which led to positions with special counsels to the U. S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Attorney General’s office, as well as teaching positions at the law schools of Northwestern and University of Chicago. He’s an amateur Shakespearean, a pilot, and a baseball fan who saw Babe Ruth’s “called shot” in the 1932 World Series. In 1970, President Richard Nixon appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Five years later, President Gerald Ford appointed him to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Date: 2010-11-16