U.S. Supreme Court

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U.S. Supreme Court
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US Constitution, Article III
The judicial Power of the United States, shall
be vested in one supreme Court, and in such
inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to
time ordain and establish.
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John Roberts - Chief Justice

• Born in 1955
• GW Bush, 2005
• Conservative

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John Paul Stevens

• Born 1920
• Ford, 1975
• Liberal

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Antonin Scalia

• Born 1936
• Reagan, 1986
• Conservative

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Anthony Kennedy

• Born 1936
• Reagan 1988
• Swing

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Clarence Thomas

• Born 1948
• GWH Bush, 1991
• Conservative

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg

• Born 1933
• Clinton, 1993
• Liberal

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Steven Breyer

• Born 1938
• Clinton, 1994
• Liberal

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Samuel Alito

• Born 1951
• GW Bush, 2006
• Conservative

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Sonia Sotomayor

• Born in 1954
• Obama, 2009
• Liberal