John Paul Stevens
Events (32)
- April 26, 1978: Supreme Court Finds Corporate Political Donations ‘Free Speech’ 1978-04-26
- April 22, 1980: Supreme Court Abrogates Major Portion of Voting Rights Act 1980-04-22
- November 28, 1984: Supreme Court Holds that Lobbying Expenditures for Political Purposes Are Protected Free Speech 1984-11-28
- December 15, 1986: Supreme Court Rules that Anti-Abortion Election Flyers Protected by Free Speech 1986-12-15
- July 3, 1989: Supreme Court Restricts Abortion Funding by States 1989-07-03
- June 28, 1993: Supreme Court Restricts Electoral District Mapping Based on Race 1993-06-28
- June 26, 1996: Court Rules in Favor of Colorado Political Party’s Campaign Expenditures 1996-06-26
- November 22-24, 2000: Bush Campaign Files Petition with US Supreme Court Challenging Florida Ruling that Favors Manual Recounts 2000-11-22
- (November 29, 2000): Justice O’Connor Intends to Overturn Florida Supreme Court Decision, Grant Bush Election, Says Her Clerk 2000-11-29
- December 8-9, 2000: Bush Asks US Supreme Court to Declare Him President; Republicans Attempt to Delay Process; Supreme Court Halts Recounts of ‘Undervotes’ 2000-12-08
- December 11, 2000: US Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in ‘Bush v. Gore’; Justice Says ‘Counting of Votes’ Does ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Bush 2000-12-11
- 9:54 p.m. December 12, 2000: Supreme Court ‘Bush v. Gore’ Ruling Throws Out Florida Recounts, Gives Presidency to Bush 2000-12-12
- December 10, 2003: Court Rules that ‘Soft Money’ Campaign Finance Ban Constitutional, Does Not Violate Free Speech Amendment 2003-12-10
- June 24, 2004: Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Appeals Court 2004-06-24
- June 28, 2006: Supreme Court Upholds Most of Texas’s Controversial Redistricting Map 2006-06-28
- June 30, 2006: Supreme Court Rules Existing Guantanamo Military Commissions Are Illegal; Detainees There Have Legal Rights 2006-06-30
- April 28, 2008: Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law 2008-04-28
- June 22, 2008: Court Rules Detainees Have Habeas Corpus Rights 2008-06-22
- June 26, 2008: Court Overturns ‘Millionaire’s Amendment’ of Campaign Finance Law 2008-06-26
- March 15, 2009: Supreme Court Hears ‘Citizens United’ Campaign Finance Case, Initial Arguments Presented 2009-03-15
- September 9, 2009: Supreme Court Hears Second Round of Arguments in ‘Citizens United,’ Verdict Same as Before 2009-09-09
- January 21, 2010: In ‘Citizens United’ Case, Supreme Court Finds Corporations Can Spend Unlimited Amounts in Political Campaigns via First Amendment Protections 2010-01-21
- January 21-22, 2010: Democratic Senator Says ‘Citizens United’ Ruling Overturns 100 Years of Campaign Finance Law; Political Fact-Checkers Say Ruling Impacts Laws from 1970s Onward; Other Democrats Critical of Ruling 2010-01-21
- January 27-28, 2010: Conservatives Accuse Obama of ‘Demagoguery’ over Concerns that ‘Citizens United’ Decision May Allow Foreign Money to Influence Elections; Supreme Court Justices, Experts Agree with Concerns 2010-01-27
- March 8, 2010: Chief Justice Complains that Congressional Democrats Cheered Criticisms of ‘Citizens United’ Decision 2010-03-08
- February 7, 2011: New York Times Legal Correspondent: Status of Media Clouds Issue of Corporate ‘Free Speech’ 2011-02-07
- May 14-16, 2012: Retired Justice’s Draft Dissent in ‘Citizens United’ Sealed for 50 Years; Law Professor Urges Release 2012-05-14
- May 14, 2012: Author and Reporter: Chief Justice Engineered ‘Citizens United’ to Expressly Invalidate Campaign Finance Law 2012-05-14
- May 15-17, 2012: Columnist Attacks Author for Insider Account of ‘Citizens United’ Decision, Expands Attacks to Law Professor, Retired Supreme Court Justice 2012-05-15
- May 30, 2012: Retired Supreme Court Justice Says Corporations Should Have No More Right to Vote than Foreign Citizens 2012-05-30
- June 14, 2012: Feingold: Campaign Finance System Shattered by ‘Citizens United,’ up to Court to Repair 2012-06-14
- 10:00 a.m. December 1 - 4, 2000: US Supreme Court Overrules Florida Supreme Court’s Ruling on Florida Recounts