United States Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court is made up of one Chief Justice, and eight Associate Justices, all of whom are nominated for life time appointments to the Court. Once an individual is nominated by the President of the United States they must be confirmed by the US Senate. The Court heads the Judicial Branch of the Federal government, as defined by the United States Constitution. The Court is often called the supreme law of the land.
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Current Justices of the Supreme Court
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States
- Nominated by: President G.W. Bush
- Judicial Oath Taken: September 29, 2005.
- Education: A.B. from Harvard College in 1976, J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979.
Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President Reagan
- Judicial Oath Taken: September 26, 1986.
- Education: A.B. from Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and was a Sheldon Fellow of Harvard University from 1960-1961.
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President Reagan
- Judicial Oath Taken: February 18, 1988
- Education: B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President G.H.W Bush
- Judicial Oath Taken: October 23, 1991
- Education: A.B., cum laude, from Holy Cross College, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President Clinton
- Judicial Oath Taken: August 10, 1993
- Education: B.A. from Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her LL.B. from Columbia Law School.
Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President Clinton
- Judicial Oath Taken: August 3, 1994
- Education: A.B. from Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President G.W. Bush
- Judicial Oath Taken: January 31, 2006
- Education: Princeton, 1972 & graduation from Yale Law School in 1975.
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President Obama
- Judicial Oath Taken: August 8, 2009
- Education: B.A. in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude. In 1979, she earned a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
- Nominated by: President Obama
- Judicial Oath Taken: August 7, 2010
- Education: A.B., summa cum laude, in 1981 from Princeton University. She attended Worcester College, Oxford University, as Princeton’s Daniel M. Sachs Graduating Fellow, and received an M. Phil. in 1983. In 1986, she earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude.
Source: http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx