Georgia, the Supreme Court struck down all death penalty laws. Justice Potter Stewart famously stated that the standardless and random death sentences at that time were “cruel and unusual in the ...

The “relation-back” concept, as Justice Potter Stewart called it in his majority opinion, was “a legal fiction, at best.” If it applied in Costello’s case, said Stewart, it could also ...

The majority opinion, written by Justice Potter Stewart, argued that “the 14th Amendment does not permit a state to make criminal the peaceful expression of unpopular views.” Contact us at ...

Cowboys fans can learn something here by going back to the famous definition of pornography offered in 1964 by Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart: “I know it when I see it.” FRISCO - A ...