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{{Officeholder
|name=Lewis Powell
|image=LewisPowel.jpg
|party=
|spouse=
|religion=Presbyterian
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{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Richard Nixon]]
|terms=January 7, 1972 – June 26, 1987
|preceded=[[Hugo Black]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Anthony Kennedy]]
}}
}}
'''Lewis F. Powell Jr.''' (1907-1998) was appointed at the age of 64 by President [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972 to be an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], where he was a swing vote on controversial issues ranging from [[affirmative action]] to aid to parochial schools to [[homosexuality]]. From [[Virginia]], where he was born and practiced law, he remained affiliated with the South and took the seat due to the retirement of another southerner, Justice [[Hugo Black]]. Powell served on the [[Supreme Court]] for only 15 years. His retirement in 1987 led to the hotly debated appointment by President [[Ronald Reagan]] of [[Robert Bork]], who was defeated in confirmation hearings by the [[U.S. Senate]].
'''Lewis F. Powell Jr.''' (1907-1998) was appointed at the age of 64 by President [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972 to be an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], where he was a swing vote on controversial issues ranging from [[affirmative action]] to aid to parochial schools to [[homosexuality]]. From [[Virginia]], where he was born and practiced law, he remained affiliated with the South and took the seat due to the retirement of another southerner, Justice [[Hugo Black]]. Powell served on the [[Supreme Court]] for only 15 years. His retirement in 1987 led to the hotly debated appointment by President [[Ronald Reagan]] of [[Robert Bork]], who was defeated in confirmation hearings by the [[U.S. Senate]].
He provided the fifth vote for the [[liberal]] wing of the court in ''[[Plyler v. Doe]]'' (1982), which required [[Texas]] to grant a free public education to the children of [[illegal alien]]s.
He provided the fifth vote for the [[liberal]] wing of the court in ''[[Plyler v. Doe]]'' (1982), which required [[Texas]] to grant a free public education to the children of [[illegal alien]]s.
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[[Category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]