ASSOCIATE JUSTICE POTTER STEWART - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 287096
Price: $240.00
POTTER STEWART
Commemorative envelope postmarked in Philadelphia, July 4, 1976
Commemorative Envelope signed: "Potter Stewart", 6½x3¾. Envelope
postmarked Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1976, with imprinted
cachet of the Liberty Bell and 6 different US stamps with patriotic themes.
Potter Stewart (1915-1985), appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, was
Associate Justice from 1958-1981. Stewart often cast the deciding vote on
major issues; he was the balance - the "swing" justice - between his
conservative and liberal brethren on both the Warren and Burger courts.
Always weighing an individual's rights against society's needs, he was a staunch
advocate of a defendant's right to counsel. However, Stewart felt that a
criminal's rights did not begin upon arrest but upon formal indictment; thus, he
dissented in Miranda vs. Arizona (1966), which required police to
read a newly arrested suspect his rights before questioning. Stewart supported
judicial restraint, was reluctant to place even limited restrictions on the
federal government and opposed both the death penalty and censorship. Stewart's
replacement on the Court was the first female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.
Lightly toned. Pencil and ink notes (unknown hand) on verso. Signature light but
legible. Otherwise, fine condition.
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