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<div class&equals;'mailmunch-forms-before-post' style&equals;'display&colon; none &excl;important&semi;'><&sol;div><div id&equals;"pagetitle">&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thescotusreport&period;com&sol;&quest;page&lowbar;id&equals;1911">7 Powerful Supreme Court Books that will help you understand the court and decisions made past and present&period;<&sol;a><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><b>The Nine Current Members of the Supreme Court<&sol;b><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"John G&period; Roberts&comma; Chief Justice of the United States" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Roberts&lowbar;8807-16&lowbar;Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"John G&period; Roberts&comma; Chief Justice of the United States" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"JRoberts" name&equals;"JRoberts"><&sol;a><strong>John G&period; Roberts&comma; Jr&period;&comma; Chief Justice of the United States&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in Buffalo&comma; New York&comma; January 27&comma; 1955&period; He married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children &&num;8211&semi; Josephine and Jack&period; He received an A&period;B&period; from Harvard College in 1976 and a J&period;D&period; from Harvard Law School in 1979&period; He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J&period; Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979–1980 and as a law clerk for then-Associate Justice William H&period; Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term&period; He was Special Assistant to the Attorney General&comma; U&period;S&period; Department of Justice from 1981–1982&comma; Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan&comma; White House Counsel’s Office from 1982–1986&comma; and Principal Deputy Solicitor General&comma; U&period;S&period; Department of Justice from 1989–1993&period; From 1986–1989 and 1993–2003&comma; he practiced law in Washington&comma; D&period;C&period; He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003&period; President George W&period; Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States&comma; and he took his seat September 29&comma; 2005&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Anthony M&period; Kennedy&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Kennedy-Official-2001-Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Anthony M&period; Kennedy&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p><script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-5175198302130341" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"9182933377"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"AKennedy" name&equals;"AKennedy"><&sol;a><strong>Anthony M&period; Kennedy&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in Sacramento&comma; California&comma; July 23&comma; 1936&period; He married Mary Davis and has three children&period; He received his B&period;A&period; from Stanford University and the London School of Economics&comma; and his LL&period;B&period; from Harvard Law School&period; He was in private practice in San Francisco&comma; California from 1961–1963&comma; as well as in Sacramento&comma; California from 1963–1975&period; From 1965 to 1988&comma; he was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the McGeorge School of Law&comma; University of the Pacific&period; He has served in numerous positions during his career&comma; including a member of the California Army National Guard in 1961&comma; the board of the Federal Judicial Center from 1987–1988&comma; and two committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States&colon; the Advisory Panel on Financial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities&comma; subsequently renamed the Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct&comma; from 1979–1987&comma; and the Committee on Pacific Territories from 1979–1990&comma; which he chaired from 1982–1990&period; He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975&period; President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court&comma; and he took his seat February 18&comma; 1988&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Clarence Thomas&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Thomas&lowbar;9366-024&lowbar;Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Clarence Thomas&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"CThomas" name&equals;"CThomas"><&sol;a><strong>Clarence Thomas&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah&comma; Georgia on June 23&comma; 1948&period; He attended Conception Seminary from 1967-1968 and received an A&period;B&period;&comma; cum laude&comma; from Holy Cross College in 1971 and a J&period;D&period; from Yale Law School in 1974&period; He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974&comma; and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri&comma; 1974-1977&semi; an attorney with the Monsanto Company&comma; 1977-1979&semi; and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth&comma; 1979-1981&period; From 1981–1982 he served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights&comma; U&period;S&period; Department of Education&comma; and as Chairman of the U&period;S&period; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission&comma; 1982-1990&period; From 1990–1991&comma; he served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit&period; President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23&comma; 1991&period; He married Virginia Lamp on May 30&comma; 1987 and has one child&comma; Jamal Adeen by a previous marriage&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Ruth Bader Ginsburg&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Ginsburg&lowbar;11565-006-Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ruth Bader Ginsburg&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"RGinsburg" name&equals;"RGinsburg"><&sol;a><strong>Ruth Bader Ginsburg&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in Brooklyn&comma; New York&comma; March 15&comma; 1933&period; She married Martin D&period; Ginsburg in 1954&comma; and has a daughter&comma; Jane&comma; and a son&comma; James&period; She received her B&period;A&period; from Cornell University&comma; attended Harvard Law School&comma; and received her LL&period;B&period; from Columbia Law School&period; She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edmund L&period; Palmieri&comma; Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York&comma; from 1959–1961&period; From 1961–1963&comma; she was a research associate and then associate director of the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure&period; She was a Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law from 1963–1972&comma; and Columbia Law School from 1972–1980&comma; and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford&comma; California from 1977–1978&period; In 1971&comma; she was instrumental in launching the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and served as the ACLU’s General Counsel from 1973–1980&comma; and on the National Board of Directors from 1974–1980&period; She was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980&period; President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court&comma; and she took her seat August 10&comma; 1993&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Stephen G&period; Breyer&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Breyer&lowbar;8664-13-Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Stephen G&period; Breyer&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p><div class&equals;'mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle' style&equals;'display&colon; none &excl;important&semi;'><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"SBreyer" name&equals;"SBreyer"><&sol;a><strong>Stephen G&period; Breyer&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in San Francisco&comma; California&comma; August 15&comma; 1938&period; He married Joanna Hare in 1967&comma; and has three children &&num;8211&semi; Chloe&comma; Nell&comma; and Michael&period; He received an A&period;B&period; from Stanford University&comma; a B&period;A&period; from Magdalen College&comma; Oxford&comma; and an LL&period;B&period; from Harvard Law School&period; He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 Term&comma; as a Special Assistant to the Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney General for Antitrust&comma; 1965–1967&comma; as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force&comma; 1973&comma; as Special Counsel of the U&period;S&period; Senate Judiciary Committee&comma; 1974–1975&comma; and as Chief Counsel of the committee&comma; 1979–1980&period; He was an Assistant Professor&comma; Professor of Law&comma; and Lecturer at Harvard Law School&comma; 1967–1994&comma; a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government&comma; 1977–1980&comma; and a Visiting Professor at the College of Law&comma; Sydney&comma; Australia and at the University of Rome&period; From 1980–1990&comma; he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit&comma; and as its Chief Judge&comma; 1990–1994&period; He also served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States&comma; 1990–1994&comma; and of the United States Sentencing Commission&comma; 1985–1989&period; President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court&comma; and he took his seat August 3&comma; 1994&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Samuel A&period; Alito&comma; Jr&period;&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Alito&lowbar;9264-001-Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Samuel A&period; Alito&comma; Jr&period;&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"SAlito" name&equals;"SAlito"><&sol;a><strong>Samuel A&period; Alito&comma; Jr&period;&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in Trenton&comma; New Jersey&comma; April 1&comma; 1950&period; He married Martha-Ann Bomgardner in 1985&comma; and has two children &&num;8211&semi; Philip and Laura&period; He served as a law clerk for Leonard I&period; Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1976–1977&period; He was Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney&comma; District of New Jersey&comma; 1977–1981&comma; Assistant to the Solicitor General&comma; U&period;S&period; Department of Justice&comma; 1981–1985&comma; Deputy Assistant Attorney General&comma; U&period;S&period; Department of Justice&comma; 1985–1987&comma; and U&period;S&period; Attorney&comma; District of New Jersey&comma; 1987–1990&period; He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1990&period; President George W&period; Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court&comma; and he took his seat January 31&comma; 2006&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Sonia Sotomayor&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Sotomayor&lowbar;9841-001-Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sonia Sotomayor&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;offer-listing&sol;141045939X&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;141045939X&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;am2&amp&semi;tag&equals;hescotusrepor-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;b41249321573c36b0fdd38da14278fc3" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Sonia Sotomayor&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon; none &excl;important&semi; margin&colon; 0px &excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;hescotusrepor-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;141045939X" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in Bronx&comma; New York&comma; on June 25&comma; 1954&period; She earned a B&period;A&period; in 1976 from Princeton University&comma; graduating summa cum laude and receiving the university’s highest academic honor&period; In 1979&comma; she earned a J&period;D&period; from Yale Law School where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal&period; She served as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office from 1979–1984&period; She then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia &amp&semi; Harcourt&comma; where she served as an associate and then partner from 1984–1992&period; In 1991&comma; President George H&period;W&period; Bush nominated her to the U&period;S&period; District Court&comma; Southern District of New York&comma; and she served in that role from 1992–1998&period; She served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998–2009&period; President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26&comma; 2009&comma; and she assumed this role August 8&comma; 2009&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Elena Kagan&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Kagan&lowbar;10713-017-Crop&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Elena Kagan&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"EKagen" name&equals;"EKagan"><&sol;a><strong>Elena Kagan&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in New York&comma; New York&comma; on April 28&comma; 1960&period; She received an A&period;B&period; from Princeton in 1981&comma; an M&period; Phil&period; from Oxford in 1983&comma; and a J&period;D&period; from Harvard Law School in 1986&period; She clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the D&period;C&period; Circuit from 1986-1987 and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U&period;S&period; Supreme Court during the 1987 Term&period; After briefly practicing law at a Washington&comma; D&period;C&period; law firm&comma; she became a law professor&comma; first at the University of Chicago Law School and later at Harvard Law School&period; She also served for four years in the Clinton Administration&comma; as Associate Counsel to the President and then as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy&period; Between 2003 and 2009&comma; she served as the Dean of Harvard Law School&period; In 2009&comma; President Obama nominated her as the Solicitor General of the United States&period; A year later&comma; the President nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 10&comma; 2010&period; She took her seat on August 7&comma; 2010&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-md-12 col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"pull-left media-object" title&equals;"Neil M&period; Gorsuch&comma; Associate Justice" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;supremecourt&period;gov&sol;about&sol;justice&lowbar;pictures&sol;Gorsuch2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Neil M&period; Gorsuch&comma; Associate Justice" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"media-body"><a id&equals;"NGorsuch" name&equals;"NGorsuch"><&sol;a><strong>Neil M&period; Gorsuch&comma; Associate Justice&comma;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;was born in Denver&comma; Colorado&comma; August 29&comma; 1967&period; He and his wife Louise have two daughters&period; He received a B&period;A&period; from Columbia University&comma; a J&period;D&period; from Harvard Law School&comma; and a D&period;Phil&period; from Oxford University&period; He served as a law clerk to Judge David B&period; Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit&comma; and as a law clerk to Justice Byron White and Justice Anthony M&period; Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States&period; From 1995–2005&comma; he was in private practice&comma; and from 2005–2006 he was Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U&period;S&period; Department of Justice&period; He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 2006&period; He served on the Standing Committee on Rules for Practice and Procedure of the U&period;S&period; Judicial Conference&comma; and as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure&period; He taught at the University of Colorado Law School&period; President Donald J&period; Trump nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court&comma; and he took his seat on April 10&comma; 2017&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<hr class&equals;"hrstyle-one" &sol;>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&ast; Information for the Justices was provided by Supremecourt&period;gov<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p><div class&equals;'mailmunch-forms-after-post' style&equals;'display&colon; none &excl;important&semi;'><&sol;div><&sol;p><p class&equals;"wpsai&lowbar;spacing&lowbar;before&lowbar;adsense"><&sol;p> &NewLine;

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