John Paul Stevens

The Other Constitutions

How state judiciaries can set an example for the federal judiciary

Law Without History?

How Justice Scalia’s understanding of the Constitution is wrong

The ‘Slave Bonus’

The Right to Vote: A Dissent

How the Supreme Court got it wrong

Should We Have a New Constitutional Convention?

Should Hate Speech Be Outlawed?

'The Rape Case'

A young lawyer’s struggle to overturn the result of a flawed trial

Our ‘Broken System’ of Criminal Justice

The current system of criminal law and enforcement has grown obese

On the Death Sentence

“Two years ago, quoting from an earlier opinion written by Justice White, I wrote that the death penalty represents ‘the pointless and needless extinction of life with only marginal contributions to any discernible social or public purposes.’”