Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Liberal Wing, Dies at 99

John Paul Stevens, whose 35 years on the United States Supreme Court transformed him, improbably, from a Republican antitrust lawyer to the outspoken leader of the court’s liberal wing, died Tuesday at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 99.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/jo...tMI32dy4Z8

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You know trouble is right around the corner when your best friend tells you to hold his beer!!

RIP ol law dog.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

RIP. By any and all accounts I've ever seen, heard or read, a good man.

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The real headline here is that the Drifter has been reading the New York Times.

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