ASSOCIATE JUSTICE LEWIS F. POWELL JR. - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 165088
Price: $180.00
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. signs a First Day Cover honoring World Peace through
Law.
First Day Cover signed: "Lewis F. Powell Jr", 6½x3¾. FDC honoring
World Peace through Law, 10-cent World Peace through Law stamp affixed,
postmarked Washington, D.C., September 29, 1975, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE.
Democrat Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (1907-1998) was appointed Associate Justice
by President Nixon. Commissioned on December 9, 1971, he was sworn in on January
7, 1972 and served for 15 years, five months and 19 days before retiring on June
26, 1987. Serving under both Chief Justices Warren Burger and William H.
Rehnquist (from 1986), Powell, who had been a moderate before joining the Court,
often found himself as the swing vote in a number of important cases. His
votes decided the Court's first confrontations with abortion and affirmative
action issues. Before joining the Court, the highlight of Powell's legal
career was becoming President of the American Bar Association in 1964.
Fine condition.
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