Video: John Paul Stevens on Six Amendments

by www.booktv.org Sunday, Sep. 07, 2014 at 11:24 AM
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About the Authors John Paul Stevens Justice John Paul Stevens was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. He was appointed by President Gerald Ford and was the second longest-service justice in the Court's history, after Justice William Douglas, whom he replaced.

to watch the 56-minute interview with John Paul Stevens last broadcast on September 1, 2014, click on

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The recently-retired Supreme Court Justice, long considered among the liberal members of the Court, recommends six ways he believes the U.S. Constitution should be amended. His largest targets for reform are campaign finance, the death penalty, gerrymandering and the Second Amendment. He talks with Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center.

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