US Supreme Court

[Wireman]

Is the Supreme Court elected or placed by the President?

[Jumper_Dad]

Is the Supreme Court elected or placed by the President?

 

Selected by the President when they die or retire...next President may appoint as many as 3 in the first four years.

[Wireman]

Selected by the President when they die or retire...next President may appoint as many as 3 in the first four years.

 

Which president selected the current group?

[Jumper_Dad]

Which president selected the current group?

 

2 Clinton

2 Obama

2 Reagan

2 GW Bush

1 GHW Bush

 

They in a lot of cases vote the way it looks like they would, but John Roberts Appointed by GW Bush as Chief Justice has been the swing vote on Obamacare and Same Sex Marriage

[Wireman]

Any idea which ones voted which way (by President)?

[Jumper_Dad]

Any idea which ones voted which way (by President)?

 

 

[TABLE=class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter]

[TR]

[TD] John Roberts (Chief Justice)

[/TD]

[TD]January 27, 1955

(age 60)

in Buffalo, New York[/TD]

[TD]George W. Bush[/TD]

[TD]78–22[/TD]

[TD]50[/TD]

[TD]September 29, 2005

9 years, 9 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2003–2005); Private practice (1993–2003); Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (1992–2005); Principal Deputy Solicitor General (1989–1993); Private practice (1986–1989); Associate Counsel to the President (1982–1986); Special Assistant to the Attorney General (1981–1982)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Antonin Scalia

[/TD]

[TD]March 11, 1936

(age 79)

in Trenton, New Jersey[/TD]

[TD]Ronald Reagan[/TD]

[TD]98–0[/TD]

[TD]50[/TD]

[TD]September 26, 1986

28 years, 9 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1982–1986); Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1977–1982); Assistant Attorney General (1974–1977); Professor, University of Virginia School of Law (1967–1974); Private practice (1961–1967)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Anthony Kennedy

[/TD]

[TD]July 23, 1936

(age 78)

in Sacramento, California[/TD]

[TD]Ronald Reagan[/TD]

[TD]97–0[/TD]

[TD]51[/TD]

[TD]February 18, 1988

27 years, 4 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1975–1988); Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (1965–1988); Private practice (1963–1975)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Clarence Thomas

[/TD]

[TD]June 23, 1948

(age 67)

in Pin Point, Georgia[/TD]

[TD]George H. W. Bush[/TD]

[TD]52–48[/TD]

[TD]43[/TD]

[TD]October 23, 1991

23 years, 8 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1990–1991); Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1982–1990); legislative assistant for Missouri Senator John Danforth (1979–1981); employed by Monsanto Company Inc. (1977–1979); Assistant Attorney General in Missouri under State Attorney General John Danforth (1974–1977)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[/TD]

[TD]March 15, 1933

(age 82)

in Brooklyn, New York[/TD]

[TD]Bill Clinton[/TD]

[TD]96–3[/TD]

[TD]60[/TD]

[TD]August 10, 1993

21 years, 10 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1980–1993); General Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (1973–1980); Professor, Columbia Law School (1972–1980); Professor, Rutgers University School of Law (1963–1972)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Stephen Breyer

[/TD]

[TD]August 15, 1938

(age 76)

in San Francisco, California[/TD]

[TD]Bill Clinton[/TD]

[TD]87–9[/TD]

[TD]56[/TD]

[TD]August 3, 1994

20 years, 10 months[/TD]

[TD]Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990–1994); Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980–1990); Professor, Harvard Law School (1967–1980)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Samuel Alito

[/TD]

[TD]April 1, 1950

(age 65)

in Trenton, New Jersey[/TD]

[TD]George W. Bush[/TD]

[TD]58–42[/TD]

[TD]55[/TD]

[TD]January 31, 2006

9 years, 5 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1990–2006); Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law (1999–2004); U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1987–1990); Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1985–1987); Assistant to the Solicitor General (1981–1985); Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1977–1981)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Sonia Sotomayor

[/TD]

[TD]June 25, 1954

(age 61)

in Bronx, New York[/TD]

[TD]Barack Obama[/TD]

[TD]68–31[/TD]

[TD]55[/TD]

[TD]August 8, 2009

5 years, 10 months[/TD]

[TD]Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1998–2009); District Judge, District Court for the Southern District of New York (1992–1998); Private practice (1984–1991); Assistant District Attorney, New York County, New York (1979–1984)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD] Elena Kagan

[/TD]

[TD]April 28, 1960

(age 55)

in New York, New York[/TD]

[TD]Barack Obama[/TD]

[TD]63–37[/TD]

[TD]50[/TD]

[TD]August 7, 2010

4 years, 10 months[/TD]

[TD]Solicitor General of the United States (2009–2010); Dean of Harvard Law School (2003–2009); Professor, Harvard Law School (2001–2003); Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School (1999–2001); Associate White House Counsel (1995–1999); Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (1995–1999); Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1995); Associate Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1991–1995)[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

[Jumper_Dad]

A lot of discussion this week about SCOTUS, so I thought I would give them their own thread.

[Wireman]

I think they've certainly earned their own thread :lol2:

[Bluegrasscard]

Why did Souter retire at a relatively young age and in good health in 2009? Never understood that move.

[AverageJoesGym]

2 Clinton

2 Obama

2 Reagan

2 GW Bush

1 GHW Bush

 

They in a lot of cases vote the way it looks like they would, but John Roberts Appointed by GW Bush as Chief Justice has been the swing vote on Obamacare and Same Sex Marriage

 

Kennedy is actually more of a wild card than Roberts. Roberts did vote for Obamacare in 2012 and last week. He was the deciding vote in 2012 but last week's vote was 6-3 so it would been saved without his support. He voted against gay marriage last week--Kennedy was the deciding vote.

[Getslow]

Why did Souter retire at a relatively young age and in good health in 2009? Never understood that move.

 

The story I always heard was that he was so disgusted by what he saw as the politicized decision in Bush v. Gore, in which he joined the dissent, that he nearly quit the court in 2001. I think the nature of the court never sat well with him and I sometimes find myself surprised he stayed as long as he did.

[Jumper_Dad]

Kennedy is actually more of a wild card than Roberts. Roberts did vote for Obamacare in 2012 and last week. He was the deciding vote in 2012 but last week's vote was 6-3 so it would been saved without his support. He voted against gay marriage last week--Kennedy was the deciding vote.

In this case Kennedy was the swing you are correct, but he has opposed Roberts many times when Roberts sided with the more liberal judges.

 

Which is fine, I hate when Justices only vote one political ideology.

[History]

Let me know when any on the left EVER vote the other way. It never occurs.

[Clyde]

Let me know when any on the left EVER vote the other way. It never occurs.

 

Not very often but it did happen three times this year.

 

 

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