John Paul Stevens: Heller gun control decision the worst in 35-year Supreme Court tenure

Published May 15, 2019 2:52pm ET



Retired Justice John Paul Stevens is lambasting the Supreme Court’s 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision broadening gun rights, calling it the “most clearly incorrect” ruling of his 35-year career on the high court.

“Heller is unquestionably the most clearly incorrect decision that the court announced during my tenure on the bench,” Stevens, 99, wrote in his new memoir, The Making of a Justice.

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