ASSOCIATE JUSTICE POTTER STEWART - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 76223
Sale Price $195.00
Reg. $240.00
POTTER STEWART
Potter Stewart signs a philatelic envelope honoring the American
Flag.
Philatelic Envelope signed: "Potter Stewart", 6½x3½. First day
cover honoring the American Flag, four 4-cent stamps affixed, postmarked
Washington, D.C., July 4, 1957, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. 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. When he retired,
Stewart was replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman Associate
Justice (appointed by President Ronald Reagan).Fine
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