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John Paul Stevens Quotes
![[B]y requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted on his victim. This trend, while appropriate and required by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/804/803451/803451.webp "[B]y requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted on his victim. This trend, while appropriate and required by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based Picture Quote #1")
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Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also the individual’s freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority. (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years a disturbing number of inmates on death row have been exonerated. (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
Every individual who participated in the redistricting process knew that incumbency protection was a critical factor in producing the bizarre lines. ... Many of the oddest twists and turns of the Texas districts would never have been created if the Legislature had not been so intent on protecting party and incumbents (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
[B]y requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted on his victim. This trend, while appropriate and required by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks are not necessarily aligned (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
To make a coverage decision, doesn’t one have to make a medical judgment (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
Our love cannot be measured, it just is (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
The graphic emphasis placed on those first lines is rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is more likely to interfere with the free exchange of ideas than to encourage it. The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also the individual’s freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the open discussion of countervailing views (John Paul Stevens Quotes)
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years a disturbing number of inmates on death row have been exonerated (John Paul Stevens Quotes)