Retired Justice Still Writing Opinions

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WASHINGTON - Justice John Paul Stevens spent 35 years on the Supreme Court writing legal opinions. So it's not surprising his first book, "Five Chiefs," is chock-full of opinions - about where his fellow justices went wrong.

For example, Stevens, 91 and retired, describes Bush vs. Gore - the decision that resolved the contentious 2000 presidential election - as the result of a "frivolous" appeal that shouldn't have been granted.

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Retired Justice Still Writing Opinions

That was a "low point" in his tenure on the court, he said in a recent interview.

He writes about bumping into fellow Justice Stephen G. Breyer in December ...

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