Justice John Paul Stevens was brought into the Great Hall of the Supreme Court building on Monday to lie in repose, with his successor, Justice Elena Kagan, saying that his memory “will be a blessing in this court, which he served so well for so long.”
“It will be a blessing in the lives of all the people whom he personally touched,” Kagan added. “And it will be a blessing in the wider world, which has been made far better for his efforts.”
Kagan was the only member of the court to speak during the brief ceremony, but she was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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