[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5017-S5018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 282--HONORING FORMER ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOHN PAUL 
           STEVENS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

  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.

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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:

                              S. Res. 282

       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;
       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;
       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:
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) extends heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends 
     of Justice John Paul Stevens;
       (2) commends Justice John Paul Stevens for his decades of 
     service to the United States, including his nearly 35-year 
     tenure on the Supreme Court of the United States; and
       (3) acknowledges the enormous contributions of Justice John 
     Paul Stevens to the United States and to American law.

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