Essay On John Paul Stevens

John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut (McPhail). When Brown turned five years old, his family moved to Ohio. His parents Owen Brown and Ruth

To begin with, John Tyler was born in Charles City, Virginia on March 29, 1790. His particular birthplace was on a big plantation called Greenway where he spent his first years. As a child, John was gentle and polite, but could be strong and stubborn when he desired to. His parents, John Tyler Sr. and Mary Marot Armistead Tyler both took care of John and his siblings until they were old enough to care for themselves. As a child, John enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin in his spare time in order to keep himself occupied.

John Hancock was born on January 23, 1727 in Braintree, Mass. He is the son of John Hancock and Mary Hawke. John Hancock (father) was a Harvard graduate and minister. They lived in a part of town which eventually became the

John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut on the 9th of May in 1800. John Brown's parents were Owen and Ruth Brown. John had 6 siblings, and he was the 3rd oldest among the 6. Growing up Owen Brown taught his children of the Calvinists

During local, state, or federal election there is a limited amount of time and information that a voter has to help him/her decide for which candidate he or she wants to vote. Before the ruling in Citizens United v FEC, private donations from voters were needed to provide candidates with financial means to create commercials, billboards, etc. In turn, this gave the voters a voice in who is to lead their government. Corporations were limited in the amount they could provide to their candidate of choice. After the ruling, corporations can now match every private donation and contribute an unlimited amount on top of that in order to support their candidate. This creates a problem because a corporation can potentially suffocate voters with campaign ads without the other candidates' ads being heard. Therefore creating an uneven debate and platform for Democracy to work.

“Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justices Antonin G. Scalia, Samuel A. Alito, and Clarence Thomas. Justice John Paul Stevens dissented, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor” (2). The majority supported their decision by stating that corporation donations to a candidate election is a method of free speech, which means it must be protected by the First Amendment. On the other hand, those disagreeing with this stance viewed corporations as businesses, rather than people, and believed that having no regulations and limits on contributions would cause the voices of individuals with average means to be drowned out by the money donated by major corporations. The protection given to corporations by the First Amendment basically meant that corporations were seen as people, rather than as businesses. Additionally, the majority also ruled that the disclosure requirements set by the McCain-Feingold Act were constitutional for the movie because there is “governmental interest in providing the electorate with information about election-related spending resources” (3). Despite all the changes made regarding financial contributions towards candidates, the ban on direct financial donations and aids to candidates from corporations was upheld by the Court.

John Paul Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. The article is taken from his book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.” Steven believes in gun control laws, and expresses his reason for wanting add just a few more words to the second amendment, by sharing his knowledge of the supreme justice and they’re past cases on the matter.

John Paul, Sr. and Jean MacDuff gave birth to John Paul, on July 6, 1747 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Great Britain. He was the fourth out of seven children. His father was a gardener and his mother was the daughter of a Highlander. John Paul had a strong yearning to be on the sea since he was a young boy and he achieved that goal at a young age and made his mark in the while working on different vessels throughout his lifetime.

The Federal Court Case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee is a case with a controversial outcome. The Supreme Court came to the decision, through a 5-4 vote, that for-profit corporations have the same rights to finance political campaigns as citizens. The Supreme Court held in Citizens United that it was unconstitutional to ban free speech through the limiting of independent advertisements by corporations, associations, or unions (CU vs. FEC). The Supreme Court Decision allows corporations and unions to use their financial resources to either promote or persuade against any political candidate on an advertisement. The ruling also allows corporations and unions to donate to political campaigns and does away with any limits on how much a corporate donor can contribute to a campaign (ibid). While the businesses may not give money straight to campaigns, they have the choice to persuade the population of voters as a whole through the use of advertisements, just as Political Action Committees do. The corporate funding of political advertisements is made possible by the First Amendment because it guarantees the right to free speech, and political spending is one form of that protected speech.

John Paul Stevens was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1920. His Parents were Elizabeth Street and Ernest J. Stevens. His family was upper class and very wealthy. John Paul was married to Maryan Stevens from December 1979- August 7,2015, she had passed away. He was also married to Elizabeth Jane from June 7, 1942-1979 until divorced. John Paul and Elizabeth Jane had four children together, John Joseph, Kathryn, Elizabeth, and Susan. John Joseph had died in 1996.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Ma. He was born into a very wealthy family the Fitzgerald and the Kennedy’s, both were prominent Irish Catholic families. JFK was the second oldest out of 9 siblings which they were all extraordinary

We talked a lot about his life. He originally went to school at UC Davis in California. Due to life circumstances he ended up dropping out and later finishing his degree at Evergreen College. He ended up finishing law school in his early thirties.

After High School, he was accepted and attended the University of Harvard where he achieved his bachelors in history, then later acquired a J.D (Doctor of Jurisprudence) from Harvard Law School in 1979. While in college, he was also a part of the Harvard Law Review where he served as the managing editor. Harvard is an expensive university, so during his summers off, he worked in a steel mill back in Indiana to help him afford his tuition. He never had dreams to become a judge or even a lawyer because his interests were in history. At first, his aspirations were to become a history professor, but then later on realized his passion for the law, and that is when his journey to become the Chief Justice began.

Some of Kennedy’s “most controversial opinions have covered subjects such as abortion, and the separation of church and state, but he has truly distinguished himself on the question of free speech where he, of all the current Justices, has most consistently voted to protect this individual liberty” (Jelliff). Kennedy wrote the majority opinion for Obergefell vs. Hodges, which concerned whether the MMA prohibiting same-sex marriage violated Equal Protection and the Due Process Clause. Kennedy held that “The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty… States must recognize lawful same-sex marriages performed in other States.” Kennedy’s opinion was joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan with a final 5-4 vote. Kennedy wrote another majority opinion for same-sex marriage for United States vs. Windsor in 2013. Kennedy is also well known for Lawrence v. Texas, Boumediene vs. Bush and Citizens United vs. FEC. Justice Kennedy has displayed an occasional conservative record, although he has been known to vote in such a manner that angered the conservatives. Schmidt reveals that “Kennedy’s majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) is one of the most well-known demonstrations where

Justice Stevens focused on contrasting interpretations of constitutional text, structure, and history. He stated that the Second Amendment: