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Justice Potter Stewart

Potter Stewart

Biography Information

Birth Year:1915
Nominated By: Eisenhower on 1/17/1959

Confirmed On: 5/5/1959

Senior Status Year: 1981

Status: Deceased. Last served on the Supreme Court

Previous Appointment(s): Sixth Circuit

Activist Opinions

Decision	Date	Court	Types of Activism	Areas of Law
United Steelworkers v. Weber	6/27/1979	Supreme Court	Contorting Text	Civil Rights and Racial Preferences
United States v. SCRAP	6/18/1973	Supreme Court	Judicial Imperialism	Standing
Roe v. Wade	1/22/1973	Supreme Court	Living Constitutionalism	Privacy Rights
Doe v. Bolton	1/22/1973	Supreme Court	Living Constitutionalism	Privacy Rights, Due Process
Roe v. Wade	1/22/1973	Supreme Court	Living Constitutionalism	Due Process
Flast v. Cohen	6/10/1968	Supreme Court	Playing Legislator, Judicial Imperialism	Standing
Katzenbach v. McClung	10/5/1964	Supreme Court	Contorting Text, Abusing Precedent	Federalism
Baker v. Carr	3/26/1962	Supreme Court	Judicial Imperialism	Election Law

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