Justices of the United States Supreme Court

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In the News:

Summary Chart
 
Nominated By
Sworn In
 Law School
 Tendencies
Stephen Breyer
Clinton (D)
1994
Harvard
  
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clinton (D)
1993
Harvard
  
Anthony M. Kennedy
Reagan (R)
1988
Harvard
  
Sandra Day O'Connor
Reagan (R)
1981
Stanford
  
John Roberts
Bush II (R)
2005
Harvard
  
Antonin Scalia
Reagan (R)
1986
Harvard
  
David Hackett Souter
Bush I (R)
1990
Harvard
  
John Paul Stevens
Ford (R)
1975
Northwestern
  
Clarence Thomas
Bush I (R)
1991
Yale
  

 

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Recent Landmark / Controversial Decision
Grutter v. Bollinger
(6-3 majority upheld admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School)
539 U.S. 306
Bush v. Gore
(5-4 majoirty halted manual recount of the 2000 election)
531 U.S. 98 , 2000
Roper v. Simmons
(5-4 majority ruled juvenile death penalty unconstitutional.)
125 S. Ct. 1183
Lawrence
v. Texas
(6-3 majority struck down Texas law prohibiting homosexual sexual conduct)
539 U.S. 558, 2003
Breyer
Majority
Dissent
Majority
Majority
Souter
Majority
Dissent
Majority
Majority
Stevens
Majority
Dissent
Majority
Majority
Ginsberg
Majority
Dissent
Majority
Majority
Kennedy
Dissent
(concurred in part)
Majority
Majority
Majority
(delivered opinion)
O'Connor
Majority
(delievered opinion)
Majority
Dissent
Majority
Concurring
Rehnquist
Dissent
(delievered dissenting opinion)
Majority
Dissent
Dissent
Scalia
Dissent
(concurred in part)

Majority
Dissent
Dissent
Thomas
Dissent
Majority
Dissent
Dissent

Planned Parenthood v. Casey
(reaffirmed essential holdings of Roe v. Wade - but rejected the Wade's trimester framework and adopted an undue burden test.)
505 U.S. 833 (1992)
Stenberg v. Carhart
(5-4 majority, applying the undue burden test, struck down Nebraska law banning partial-abortion)
530 U.S. 914 (2000)
Breyer
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Majority
Souter
Majority
Majority
Stevens
Majority
Majority
Ginsberg
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Majority
Kennedy
Majority
Dissent
O'Connor
Majority
Majority
Rehnquist
Concur-Dissent
Dissent
Scalia
Concur-Dissent
Dissent
Thomas
Concur-Dissent
Dissent

Other Resources:

Biographies of the Supreme Court Justices: From the PBS website

Findlaw's US Supreme Court Center - http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com - a free, comprehensive, and resourceful page.

Official U.S. Supreme Court Page - http://www.supremecourtus.gov - recent opinions, visitor / visit information, and more.

Constitution of the United States - text file | PDF format

Cornell Legal Information Institute - http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

 

 

 

 

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