There’s been some change in my views about the death penalty, but I think there’s more of a change in the jurisprudence of the Court that made me eventually reach the conclusion that the death penalty, as it is presently administered, is unconstitutional.

— Justice John Paul Stevens voted to uphold the death penalty in 1976. On today’s Fresh Air, he discusses his evolving viewpoints over his 35 years on the Supreme Court. 

The Court has held, I think incorrectly, that the First Amendment protects the right to use money just as though money were speech.

— On today’s Fresh Air, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks about his dissenting opinion in the Citizens United ruling.

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Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice, the first African-American to do so.  October 2, 1967.

Here is the message of President Johnson nominating Marshall to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

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Tomorrow: retired Justice John Paul Stevens

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The sky was blue, and everything was perfect.

Tomorrow: retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens