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American lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981.
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I know it when I see it
4 linksColloquial expression by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.
Colloquial expression by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.
The phrase was used in 1964 by United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart to describe his threshold test for obscenity in Jacobellis v. Ohio.
Sandra Day O'Connor
3 linksRetired American attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.
Retired American attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.
On July 7, 1981, Reagan – who had pledged during his 1980 presidential campaign to appoint the first woman to the Court – announced he would nominate O'Connor as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to replace the retiring Potter Stewart.
Jacobellis v. Ohio
4 linksUnited States Supreme Court decision handed down in 1964 involving whether the state of Ohio could, consistent with the First Amendment, ban the showing of the Louis Malle film The Lovers (Les Amants), which the state had deemed obscene.
United States Supreme Court decision handed down in 1964 involving whether the state of Ohio could, consistent with the First Amendment, ban the showing of the Louis Malle film The Lovers (Les Amants), which the state had deemed obscene.
The most famous opinion from Jacobellis, however, was Justice Potter Stewart's concurrence, stating that the Constitution protected all obscenity except "hard-core pornography".
Warren Court
2 linksThe period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States during which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice.
The period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States during which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice.
Another vacancy took place when Reed retired in 1957 and was replaced by Charles Evans Whittaker, and then Burton retired in 1958, with Eisenhower appointing Potter Stewart in his place.
Roe v. Wade
3 linksLandmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States granted the right to have an abortion.
Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States granted the right to have an abortion.
Chief Justice Warren Burger asked Justice Potter Stewart and Justice Blackmun to determine whether Roe and Doe, among others, should be heard as scheduled.
Warren E. Burger
4 linksAmerican lawyer and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
American lawyer and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
In particular, Associate Justice Potter Stewart, who had been considered a candidate to succeed Warren as chief justice, was so discontented with Burger that he became the primary source for Woodward and Armstrong when they wrote The Brethren.
Louis Malle
3 linksFrench film director, screenwriter, and producer.
French film director, screenwriter, and producer.
However, the court could not agree on the definition of "obscene", which caused Justice Potter Stewart to utter his "I know it when I see it" opinion, perhaps the most famous single line associated with the court.
Yale Law School
1 linksLaw school of Yale University, a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
Law school of Yale University, a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
Alumni also include current United States Supreme Court associate justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as a number of former justices, including Abe Fortas, Potter Stewart and Byron White; several heads of state, including Karl Carstens, the fifth president of Germany, Jose P. Laurel, the third president of the Republic of the Philippines; and Peter Mutharika, the immediate former president of Malawi; five current U.S. senators; the former governor of California and immediate former governor of Rhode Island and current United States Secretary of Commerce; and the current deans of three of the top fourteen-ranked law schools in the United States: Virginia, Cornell, and UCLA.
Obscenity
2 linksAny utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time.
Any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time.
Former Justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court of the United States, in attempting to classify what material constituted exactly "what is obscene," famously wrote, "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced ... [b]ut I know it when I see it...."
Burger Court
1 linksThe period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1969 to 1986, when Warren Burger served as Chief Justice of the United States.
The period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1969 to 1986, when Warren Burger served as Chief Justice of the United States.
The Burger Court thus began on June 23, 1969, with Burger and seven veterans of the Warren Court: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, William Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, and Thurgood Marshall.