John Paul Stevens: Biography
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John Paul Stevens: Biography
John Paul Stevens, the 101st Justice to serve on the supreme court of the United States, and the first appointed by President Gerald R. Ford. John
Paul Stevens became a member of the high court in December of 1975. Stevens, a middle aged man, with a reputation as a sharp-minded, hardworking lawyer, and first rate judge was given the highest evaluation from the American Bar
Association committee that examined his record. ³A superb judicial craftsman² and a Judge¹s judge,² are two of the praises that Stevens has received from the
United States Court of Appeals.
Stevens was voted into the supreme court with a vote of 98-0. In that time, Stevens was considered by the press, to be a moderate or moderate conservative in his legal thinking, and would take sides with other justices
Powell, Stewart, and White.
John Paul was born on Apr. 20, 1920. Stevens, the youngest out of 4 sons,
Stevens was also considered to be the smartest of the 4 . At the age of six, his brother Ernest Stevens noted to a New York Post reporter, ³I guess we always knew he was going to make something of himself. He was always awfully smart....When John was six, he could play better bridge then most adults today>²
Stevens attended the University of Chicago High School, and then later went to the University its self. In 1941, he left the University with a Phi
Betta Kappa key, and a B.A. degree. He joined the navy, after the U.S entered
World War 2. Stevens was stationed in Washington D.C, as a intelligence officer on the staff of admiral Chester W. Nimitz. He worked with a group assigned to break Japanese codes. for doing this, he was awarded the Bronze Star. After he returned to Chicago, (at the end of the war) he enrolled himself into
Northwestern University School of Law to earn his J.D. degree, where he graduated first in his class. Not long after that, he was admitted into the
Order of the Coif and the Phi Delta Phi law society.
From 1947 to 48, Stevens spent the year as a clerk to supreme court justice Wiley Rutledge. After that, he joined his first law firm, Poppenhausen,
Johnston, Thompson & Raymond. A Chicago based firm, that he was inducted to as an Associate.
This was in 1948. With expert guidance from a Senior in the firm,
In this essay, the author
- Explains that paul stevens became a member of the high court in december 1975.
- Describes the praises stevens has received from the judge1s judge.
- Narrates how admiral nimitz worked with a group assigned to admiral chester w.
- Explains that paul stevens became a member of the high court in december 1975.
- Describes the praises stevens has received from the judge1s judge.
- Narrates how admiral nimitz worked with a group assigned to admiral chester w.
- Narrates how he spent time on the capitol in d.c. during 51 and 52.
- Narrates how he was a member of the monopoly power from 1953 to 1955.
- Explains that john paul was born on apr. 20, 1920, and stevens was the youngest out of 4 sons.
- Narrates how he left the university in 1941 with a phi betta kappa key, and b.a. degree. he joined the navy, after the u.s entered.
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- Explains that scalia was born in trenton, new jersey, to a sicilian immigrant father and an italian-american mother, and was raised in queens.
- Explains that scalia taught at the university of chicago's law school until president ronald reagan appointed him to the us court of appeals for the dc circuit in 1982.
- Cites an internet source, which is too long to type into here. they have attached the pages with the quotes on them to the end of this work.
- Explains that scalia was born in trenton, new jersey, to a sicilian immigrant father and an italian-american mother, and was raised in queens.
- Explains that scalia taught at the university of chicago's law school until president ronald reagan appointed him to the us court of appeals for the dc circuit in 1982.
- Cites an internet source, which is too long to type into here. they have attached the pages with the quotes on them to the end of this work.
630 wordsRead More - The Work of James Jerome Gibsonanalytical essayAfter the war he returned to Smith College before moving to Cornell University in 1949. He retired in 1972 from Cornell University.
In this essay, the author
- Explains direct perception as a theory that sensory perception is the direct result of information from the surrounding environment.
- Defines invariances as constant patterns that are recognized as fixed by the perceptual system.
- Explains gibson's theory of affordances, in r. e. shaw & j. bransford, toward an ecological psychology, hillsdale, nj.
- Explains direct perception as a theory that sensory perception is the direct result of information from the surrounding environment.
- Defines invariances as constant patterns that are recognized as fixed by the perceptual system.
- Explains gibson's theory of affordances, in r. e. shaw & j. bransford, toward an ecological psychology, hillsdale, nj.
- Describes james jerome gibson as an experimental psychologist whose work focused primarily on visual perception. he received his ph.d. in psychology from princeton university in 1928 and joined smith college.
- Explains how gibson developed an ecological approach to the study of visual perception that humans perceive their environment directly without mediation by cognitive process or by mental entities.
- Argues that gibson's theory of visual perception is in sharp contrast with the conventional theory.
- Analyzes how gibson's ecological theory of perception and cognition provides a theoretical and philosophical foundation for the study.
1065 wordsRead More - Lester Pearsonexplanatory essaysaid he was a very unique teacher. In March 1924 one of his students, Maryon
In this essay, the author
- Narrates how he was a very unique teacher. one of his students, maryon, was born in 1924.
- Explains that officials at first thought he had some sort of mental disorder due to his way of thinking.
- Narrates how he went to war with germany, as did canada, and was named secretary of state in 1948.
- Narrates how he was a very unique teacher. one of his students, maryon, was born in 1924.
- Explains that officials at first thought he had some sort of mental disorder due to his way of thinking.
- Narrates how he went to war with germany, as did canada, and was named secretary of state in 1948.
- Explains that he was the nato project chairman at the time of the korean war.
- Explains that he won the nobel peace prize in 1957, mainly for creating the un.
- Narrates how pearson was out of public office for the first time in nearly 30 years.
- Explains that nuclear warheads from the us caused the fall of his government in 1963.
- Opines that people knew he would do a good job and they also thought the liberals would.
- Explains that a job-related plan was available to anyone with jobs. it had to be decided on by all the employees.
- Opines that pearson's only mistake was to take power right after ww ii because that was the only time he took power.
- Explains that pearson put a maple leaf on the canadian flag without any consent in may 1964.
- Explains that they liked the old flag because it was the one they had fought under.
- Explains that only 44% of all canadians liked the flag.
- Opines that it was time canada got a new flag that could be easily identified.
- Describes the many things he did in his life, including being well-known and liked by people across the globe.
- Describes how the son of a methodist parson worked hard in school and became one of the minority of high school graduates who went on to graduate.
- Narrates how he was hit by a london transport bus and remained in the hospital until his revived in 1918.
- Narrates how the young veteran was at a loss for something to do, so he ground away at the ungrateful task of articling for law.
1269 wordsRead More - Samuel Colt and the Colt Revolverexplanatory essayeventually expelled from it for his behavior. After he was expelled from the Amherst Academy
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the mexican war was over and the walker colt gave a major boost to samuel colet's fortunes.
- Explains whites was for a revolver cylinder with chambers that were bored all the way through it.
- States that haven, charles t., and frank a. belben. a history of the colt revolver.
- Explains that the mexican war was over and the walker colt gave a major boost to samuel colet's fortunes.
- Explains whites was for a revolver cylinder with chambers that were bored all the way through it.
- States that haven, charles t., and frank a. belben. a history of the colt revolver.
- Opines that sam colt’s big business was a boon to other gunmakers.
- Explains that the wild west is known for its cowboys and gunslingers. the pistol was an important piece of equipment.
- Explains that samuel colt was born on july 19, 1814 in hartford, connecticut. as a young boy, he was interested in guns and machinery.
- Narrates how sam colt was expelled from the amherst academy for his behavior. his father sent him to sail on a ship called the corvo, where he came up with the idea of revolving cylinders for pistols.
- Narrates how sam colt got a bunch of business men to demonstrate if he stowed the raft out in the stream over the mine, which drifted away from it. elisha k. root stopped the men.
- Explains that samuel colt was granted a u.s. patent in 1836 for his cap-and-ball pistol, which could fire five or six shots before reloading. after getting the patent, he bought two hundred acres of land in hartford, connecticut.
- Describes how colt hired hundreds of laborers to work on building a dyke to keep it from flooding.
- Explains that the united states was the first nation to give its troops a revolver. colt's guns were used in the mexican war.
- Explains that colt sailed to england with men and machinery to start a london branch of his factory. he produced lots of pistols in the london factory.
- Explains that colt's factory was easy to operate and experimented with gun making. he sold the factory in london to a group of guys who made the same kind of pistols.
- Explains that colt's peacemaker, introduced in 1873, became the most popular gun in the west.
- Narrates how rollin white, a young gunsmith, worked for colt in his revolver factory in 1849 and was an inventive tinkerer.
- Explains that rollin white quit colt's factory in december 1854 and offered to sell him the rights to make cartridge revolvers until his patent expired in 1869.
- Explains that samuel colt was one of the richest manufacturers in the country. his revolvers were used by cowboys and gunslingers.
- Explains how samuel colt changed the way people hunt, fight wars, and live by creating the revolver, which can fire six shots before having to reload.
- Narrates how the couple built their wife a grand connecticut mansion, armsmear, for her honeymoon gift. they tried to raise five children, but never did.
- Narrates how colt's illness and the way he was working his brain really hurt him.
- Opines that samuel colt was the real father of the revolver and that he had many companies trying to outdo him.
- Opines that colt will always be remembered for his revolvers and how he changed the wild west and fights to this day.
1354 wordsRead More - Summary Of Gideon's Trumpet By Anthony Lewisanalytical essayfor attorneys, this case was a significant change in the United States judicial system, and
In this essay, the author
- Explains that defendants can have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one.
- Opines that gideon's era may have contributed significantly to the fact that he didn't.
- Analyzes how the text is organized in that it follows a specific structure and presents facts in an organized manner.
- Explains that defendants can have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one.
- Opines that gideon's era may have contributed significantly to the fact that he didn't.
- Analyzes how the text is organized in that it follows a specific structure and presents facts in an organized manner.
- Explains that the united states constitution, which says that every man has the right to counsel if accused of crimes, grants the rights of people who cannot afford counsel.
- Analyzes how anthony lewis tells the story of gideon's case and the events leading up to the decision to include all defendants in the new law.
- Analyzes how the main character, clarence earl gideon, is a middle-aged man who has been in prison in the state of florida.
- Explains the supreme court's decision in gideon v. wainwright, which required that defendants have the right to effective counsel even if they cannot afford to hire representation.
- Analyzes the theme of gideon's trumpet, which is the right to justice in the united states. the issue prior to his struggle is that justice is only available to those who can afford it.
- Opines that prejudice may have been a factor in the obstruction of justice that occurred in this book.
- Analyzes how the book begins with the presumed robbery at the poolroom, followed by the trial, where gideon is sentenced to prison.
- Analyzes how the point of view does not shift throughout the story, and third-person limited is used, specifically following the title character.
- Explains that the narrator's point of view serves as a strategy to entertain the readers and is related to the story’s themes and content.
- Opines that they would prefer to read the book from gideon’s perspectives because they believe there is an account of the story that is not told and it is limited.
- Opines that the emotional appeal of the story struck a chord with them as an american citizen. everyone has stories of being the underdog.
- Analyzes how gideon's tenacity changed the course of american history. perseverance is how david was able to overcome goliath.
- Opines that recommending the book to other readers would depend on the type of reading the audience would want to engage in.
- Opines that if one of their friends was looking for a good read about the american judicial system, they would recommend this book. they think it was well written and effective as long as the reader was interested in the subject matter.
- Opines that gideon's case is one of several cases that changed the course of american history and the rights of americans over the last few centuries.
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