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1 Supreme Court Top of the Judicial Branch in the Federal Government. Final say in all matters dealing with the United States Constitution.

2 Today’s Court……

3 John Roberts Chief Justice Appointed by George W. Bush. Took his seat on High Court on 9/25/05. Graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law Born 1/27/55 in N.Y. Roman Catholic Right leaning….

4 Antonin Scalia Associate Justice Appointed by Ronald Reagan. Took his seat on the High Court on 9/26/86. Graduate of Georgetown and Harvard Law. Born 3/11/36 N.J. Roman Catholic RIGHT leaning….

5 Anthony Kennedy Associate Justice Appointed by Ronald Reagan. Took his seat on the High Court on 2/18/88. Graduated from Stanford and Harvard Law. Born 7/23/36 CA Roman Catholic Moderate….

6 Stephen Breyer Associate Justice. Appointed by William Clinton. Took his seat on the High Court on 8/3/94 Graduate of Stanford and Harvard Law. Born 8/15/38. LEFT leaning….

7 Clarence Thomas Associate Justice Appointed by George HW Bush. Took his seat on the High Court on 10/23/91. Graduate of Holy Cross and Yale Law Born 6/23/48 GA Roman Catholic RIGHT leaning….

8 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Associate Justice Appointed by William Clinton. Took her seat on the High Court on 8/10/93. Graduate of Cornell and Columbia Law. Born 3/15/33 in N.Y. Jewish LEFT leaning….

9 Samuel Alito Associate Justice. Appointed By George W. Bush. Took his seat on the High Court on 1/31/06. Graduate of Princeton and Yale Law. Born 4/1/50 Catholic Right leaning….

10 Sonia Sotomayor Associate Justice Appointed by Barack Obama. Took her seat on the High Court on August 8, 2009. Graduate of Princeton and Yale Law. Born 6/25/54 in MA Catholic Left leaning…

11 Elena Kagan Associate Justice Appointed by Barack Obama. Took her seat on the High Court on 8/07/2010. Graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law Born 4/28/60 in N.Y. Jewish Left leaning….

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