{"id":4437,"date":"2014-11-20T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2014-11-19T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T20:13:57","slug":"justice-supreme-court-united-states-ret-john-paul-stevens-speaks-chicago-bar-association-september-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/justice-supreme-court-united-states-ret-john-paul-stevens-speaks-chicago-bar-association-september-18-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Ret) John Paul Stevens Speaks at The Chicago Bar Association Awards Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retired United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens<\/a> spoke at the 15th Annual Justice John Paul Stevens Award Luncheon. The Justice John Paul Stevens Award was conceived by Justice Stevens\u2019s former law clerks. The first time it was presented was in September 2000. The award is given by both The Chicago Bar Foundation and The Chicago Bar Association<\/a>. Justice Stevens, who is a Chicago native and practiced law in Chicago before his elevation to the bench, has been honored for his lifetime efforts to improve the system of justice and his active participation and dedication to The Chicago Bar Association.<\/p>\n

The award that is given annually and is bestowed upon distinguished attorneys who exemplify Stevens’s commitment to integrity and public service in the practice of law. This year\u2019s honorees included lawyers and judges from state court, federal court and the Illinois Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Justice Stevens has recently published one of his many books and this one is somewhat controversial but extremely well-written and provocative. It is titled,\u00a0 Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution<\/em><\/a>. The book is an excellent summary of not just of the Constitution, but the rigors required to revise the Constitution, which has been done only 18 times during the nation\u2019s history — revisions to the Constitution as opposed to the 27 Amendments to it.<\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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