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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 282 

Honoring former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court 

of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2019 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SCHUMER, 

Mr. GRAHAM, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 

BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. 

DAINES, Mr. ENZI, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HAWLEY, 

Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. 

INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. 

LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, 

Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. 

RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. 

SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. 

THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. WYDEN, 

and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of 

the Supreme Court of the United States. 


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Whereas John Paul Stevens was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 

April 20, 1920, to Ernest James Stevens and Elizabeth 

Street Stevens; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens, in 1941, graduated from the 

University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in 

English; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy during World War II 

and was awarded the Bronze Star; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was the last living Justice of the 

Supreme Court of the United States to have served in the 

armed forces of the United States during World War II; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens attended Northwestern University School of Law on the GI Bill, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Northwestern University Law Review 

and, in 1947, graduated first in his class; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens served as a law clerk to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 

Wiley B. Rutledge; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was an accomplished attorney in 

private practice in Chicago, Illinois, and also worked as 

a Congressional aide; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was nominated by President 

Richard M. Nixon to be a judge for the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1970; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was nominated by President Gerald R. Ford to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme 

Court of the United States in 1975; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens served with distinction on the 

Supreme Court of the United States for nearly 35 years; 


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Whereas John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court 

of the United States in 2010 at the age of 90; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens had the third-longest tenure of 

any Justice to ever sit on the Supreme Court of the 

United States; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was a brilliant jurist, an astute 

writer, and a courteous but incisive questioner from the 

bench; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens, during his decades of service on 

the Supreme Court of the United States, was committed 

to safeguarding the rights and liberties protected by the 

Constitution and respecting the common sense of the 

American people; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens recognized and cherished the importance of the judiciary as an impartial guardian of the 

rule of law; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens showed that fair and reasoned 

judgment transcends political labels and ideological categories; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was one of the most influential 

and memorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the 

United States; 

Whereas Chief Justice John Roberts stated that John Paul 

Stevens’ ‘‘unrelenting commitment to justice has left us 

a better nation’’; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was respected by colleagues, litigants, and the American people, and will be remembered 

as one of the great Justices of the Supreme Court of the 

United States; 


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Whereas John Paul Stevens was a man of Midwestern courtesy, humility, wit, and wisdom; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was an avid player of tennis, 

golf, ping-pong, and bridge, was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, and was well known for his fondness of bow 

ties; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was awarded the Presidential 

Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2012; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was married to Elizabeth Jane 

Sheeren from 1942 to 1979, and had 4 children, John, 

Kathryn, Elizabeth, and Susan; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens was married to Maryan 

Mulholland Simon from 1980 until her death in 2015; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens, at the time of his death, was a 

grandfather of 9 and a great-grandfather of 13; 

Whereas John Paul Stevens passed away on July 16, 2019, 

at the age of 99; and 

Whereas the United States is deeply indebted to John Paul 

Stevens, a giant figure in American law: Now, therefore, 

be it: 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) extends heartfelt sympathies to the family 

3 and friends of Justice John Paul Stevens; 

4 (2) commends Justice John Paul Stevens for 

5 his decades of service to the United States, including 

6 his nearly 35-year tenure on the Supreme Court of 

7 the United States; and 


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1 (3) acknowledges the enormous contributions of 

2 Justice John Paul Stevens to the United States and 

3 to American law. 

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