ASSOCIATE JUSTICE POTTER STEWART - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/24/1981 - HFSID 157710
Sale Price $270.00
Reg. $300.00
POTTER STEWART
Potter Stewart sends a typed letter about his decision to
retire.
Typed Letter Signed: "Potter Stewart", 1p, 5¾x9.
Washington, D.C., 1981 June 24. To Mr. J. F. Fawls. In full:
"Thank you for your kind letter. The decision to retire was not easy, but I
firmly believe that it is far better to go too soon than to stay too long.
Sincerely yours," 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). Fold creases not
near signature. Fine condition.
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