Newly released documents from Justice John Paul Stevens provide a behind the scenes look at some of the US Supreme Court’s most consequential cases, from abortion to LGBTQ rights to affirmative action.
The Library of Congress on Tuesday released case files and other documents Stevens kept from 1984 to 2005, which showed the justices decades ago wrestled with some of the same issues they struggle with today.
The current court has come under scrutiny after it overturned the constitutionality of abortion last term. Public confidence in the court has since fallen to an all-time low.
In 1992, when the court ...
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