CHICAGO -- Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died at age 99. A statement from the U.S. Supreme Court said Stevens died in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, from complications following a ...

Stated he regretted one vote, his 1976 opinion to uphold the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia. Was partial to bow ties and enjoyed flying, competitive bridge and tennis. Longtime Chicago Cubs fan.

Yesterday the Supreme Court heard from Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna and right-wing activist attorney James Bopp in oral arguments for Doe v. Reed, a case with vast ramifications for open ...

Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: "While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws ...

John Paul Stevens moved left as the Supreme Court shifted to the right during his nearly 35 years as a justice. That's how the bow-tie wearing Republican from the Midwest emerged as the leader of the ...

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court’s oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill.