ABSTRACT
The younger Potter Stewart was an excellent student and attended Yale for both his undergraduate work and a law degree, interrupted by a year at Cambridge University. Stewart attended Yale on scholarship and paid his expenses from summer employment at a Cincinnati newspaper. After the war Stewart was elected to the Cincinnati city council, where he was one of the most vocal accusers of the "Cincinnati Trio," a group of two other council members and a city planning director accused of being Communists. Stewart's civil rights record continued with his appointment to the Supreme Court, and in Shelton v. Tucker, Stewart wrote the Court's opinion that Texas law requiring teachers to divulge associations could not be used to expose membership in groups like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Stewart's incisive decision-making and writing skills will likely remain overshadowed by his moderate positions and ability to provide a quotable decision.
