Potter Stewart
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Potter Stewart was an American lawyer and judge who was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice re
Official portrait, 1976
Stewart announcing his retirement in 1981
Stewart (right) delivers the Vice Presidential Oath of Office to George H. W. Bush. 1985
Roe v. Wade
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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected the right of pregnant women to choose to have
Potter Stewart
…states. Despite his earlier dissent in Griswold, Stewart changed his views on the right of privacy and was a key mover behind the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), which recognized the right to abortion under that right. Stewart opposed the Vietnam War and on a number of occasions urged the Supreme Court…
George Frampton, law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun during the 1971–72 term
Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the majority opinion in Roe
2021 Women's March, where many speakers bemoaned a looming threat to Roe
Oral hearing for the German Constitutional Court's abortion decision, November 18, 1974