In January 1976, Justice Stevens looks over material before his first working session on the Supreme Court. See full story
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John Paul Stevens | 1920-2019

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier. He was 99.

In January 1976, Justice Stevens looks over material before his first working session on the Supreme Court. See full story

In January 1976, Justice Stevens before his first working session on the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

Before his swearing-in as justice in December 1975, Stevens, right, and his wife, Elizabeth, talk with Chief Justice Warren Burger and his wife, Elvera. See full story

Before his swearing-in as justice in December 1975, Stevens, right, and his wife, Elizabeth, talk with Chief Justice Warren Burger and his wife, Elvera. (Associated Press)

As a Supreme Court nominee in 1975, Federal Circuit Judge Stevens testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. See full story

As a Supreme Court nominee in 1975, then-federal Circuit Court Judge Stevens testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON - MARCH 03: ( L to R), Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts chat during a photo seesion with photographers at the U.S. Supreme Court March 3, 2006 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stevens, from left, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. during a photo session in 2006. Stevens retired in 2010.  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

In this photo taken June 15, 2006, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, center, talks with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, right, just before the start of a memorial for the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, says he is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ORG XMIT: DCSA102

Stevens attends a memorial for late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist in June 2006.
 (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens testifies before a Senate committee Wednesday.

Retired Justice Stevens testifies before a Senate committee.
 (Allison Shelley / AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, : US Supreme Court Justices, Antonin Scalia (L), John Paul Stevens (R), Anthony Kennedy (back R) and other members of the Supreme Court arrive for the swearing-in ceremony for US president-elect George W. Bush 20 January 2001 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Bush will be sworn in by US Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to become the 43rd president of the United States. AFP PHOTO/Tim SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Justices Antonin Scalia, left, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stevens arrive for President George W. Bush’s swearing-in in January 2001.  (Tim Sloan / AFP/Getty Images)

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told a Senate committee that "while money is used to finance speech, money is not speech" in elections.

Stevens testifies before a Senate committee. (Allison Shelley / AFP/Getty Images)

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