Commentary ACLU Comments On Retirement Of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens by Gary Kopycinski on April 9, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2010. United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens today announced his retirement from the Court after serving for 35 years.