Former Justice John Paul Stevens

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Georgia Southern University | Former Justice John Paul Stevens | Brief Biography of His Rise to the Supreme Court | | Jasmine Wilkson | 9/27/2012 | John Paul Stevens wasn’t always an associate justice on the Supreme Court. Like many he had to work his way up through many different positions, institutions, and through the outlook of his peers. | On April 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, John Paul Stevens was born to an upper class family. In 1941 Stevens earned his Artium Baccalaureates (A.B.) Degree in English literature from the University of Chicago. After receiving his degree Stevens decided to enlist into the Navy in 1942-1945 (Supreme Court). According to the New York Times Stevens played a huge role during his time of service, “During World War II, Justice Stevens served as a Navy cryptographer at Pearl Harbor for more than two years.” After three years served in the Navy Stevens retired. After the war Stevens went back to school where he received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Northwestern University School of Law. Stevens soon after graduation became the law clerk of Justice Wiley Rutledge, in 1947. After two years spent as a law clerk Stevens had gain admission to practice law in Illinois. Again after spending two years of practicing law Stevens was appointed Associate Counsel to the Subcommittee on the Study of Monopoly Power of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, he served this position form 1951-1952. In 1953 – 1955 Stevens became a member of the Attorney General’s National Committee to Study Antitrust Law ( Supreme Court). While Stevens was serving as a lawyer in 1969, he served as Counsel of a special commission to investigate allegations that two justices, on the Illinois Supreme Court, were accepting bribes from a member involved in a current case. With Stevens’ investigation it caused both justices to

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