Sheridan: Con-Law

JOHN PAUL STEVENS

See the revealing portrait of Justice Stevens in the NYT Magazine cover-story of Sept. 23, 2007 by Jeffrey Rosen, below:

JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS

Justice Stevens, above, left, born in 1920, named to the Court in 1975, doesn't get a lot of ink.  But he often writes separately.  I think he figures that he's paid to use his independent judgment, and writing separately is one way he shows that he's earning his keep.  Good for him. I admire the man.  I like his independence.  We need that in a judge.  Don't often find it.

The vignette below offers a little context on J.P. Stevens.  I always like to see where people are rooted.  He works in Washington, D.C. but is rooted in Chicago.

Me?  I live and work in San Francisco, but I'm rooted in Staten Island.  You gotta know something of both, otherwise you don't know the half.

See the article below.