Difference between revisions of "Lewis Powell"
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
|succeeded=[[Anthony Kennedy]] | |succeeded=[[Anthony Kennedy]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | |military=y | ||
| + | |allegiance=[[United States]] | ||
| + | |rank=[[Colonel]] | ||
| + | |branch=[[United States Army]] | ||
| + | |serviceyears=1942-1945 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Lewis F. Powell Jr.''' (1907-1998) was appointed at the age of 64 by President [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972 to be an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], where he was a swing vote on controversial issues ranging from [[affirmative action]] to aid to parochial schools to [[homosexuality]]. From [[Virginia]], where he was born and practiced law, he remained affiliated with the South and took the seat due to the retirement of another southerner, Justice [[Hugo Black]]. Powell served on the [[Supreme Court]] for only 15 years. His retirement in 1987 led to the hotly debated appointment by President [[Ronald Reagan]] of [[Robert Bork]], who was defeated in confirmation hearings by the [[U.S. Senate]]. | '''Lewis F. Powell Jr.''' (1907-1998) was appointed at the age of 64 by President [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972 to be an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], where he was a swing vote on controversial issues ranging from [[affirmative action]] to aid to parochial schools to [[homosexuality]]. From [[Virginia]], where he was born and practiced law, he remained affiliated with the South and took the seat due to the retirement of another southerner, Justice [[Hugo Black]]. Powell served on the [[Supreme Court]] for only 15 years. His retirement in 1987 led to the hotly debated appointment by President [[Ronald Reagan]] of [[Robert Bork]], who was defeated in confirmation hearings by the [[U.S. Senate]]. | ||
Revision as of 02:21, December 27, 2020
| Lewis Franklin Powell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court From: January 7, 1972 – June 26, 1987 | |||
| Nominator | Richard Nixon | ||
| Predecessor | Hugo Black | ||
| Successor | Anthony Kennedy | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat[1] | ||
| Religion | Presbyterian | ||
| Military Service | |||
| Allegiance | United States | ||
| Service/branch | United States Army | ||
| Service Years | 1942-1945 | ||
| Rank | Colonel | ||
Lewis F. Powell Jr. (1907-1998) was appointed at the age of 64 by President Richard Nixon in 1972 to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, where he was a swing vote on controversial issues ranging from affirmative action to aid to parochial schools to homosexuality. From Virginia, where he was born and practiced law, he remained affiliated with the South and took the seat due to the retirement of another southerner, Justice Hugo Black. Powell served on the Supreme Court for only 15 years. His retirement in 1987 led to the hotly debated appointment by President Ronald Reagan of Robert Bork, who was defeated in confirmation hearings by the U.S. Senate.
His most important opinion was his concurrence in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), in which he opposed racial quotas in admissions processes but allowed the use of race as an admissions criterion.
He provided the fifth vote for the liberal wing of the court in Plyler v. Doe (1982), which required Texas to grant a free public education to the children of illegal aliens.
References
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/stories/powell082698.htm The Washington Post. Retrieved August 31st, 2020