Commentary: Mourning Justice Stevens — and the process that put him on the Supreme Court
by Michael McGough, Los Angeles Times
Jul 17, 2019
2 minutes
Obituaries for retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens are reminding us that there was a time - several times, in fact - when presidents chose nominees for the high court on the basis of professional qualifications, not ideology, and those nominees were confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support.
Stevens' nomination by President Ford in 1975 came
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