ASSOCIATE JUSTICE POTTER STEWART - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 83252
Sale Price $216.00
Reg. $240.00
POTTER STEWART
Potter Stewart signs a philatelic envelope commemorating the Judicial
Branch of the United States Government.
Philatelic Envelope signed: "Potter Stewart", 6½x3½. First day
cover commemorating the Judicial Branch of the United States Government, 3-cent
stamp affixed, postmarked Washington, D.C., August 2, 1950, 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). Typed information
below signature. Fine condition.
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