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Profile of a Supreme Court Justice

Profile of a Supreme Court Justice. Protestant: 83% Age: 51-60 Male: 108 Female: 4 Party: Same as President Salary: $213,900 Chief: $223,500 Education: College Graduate. Supreme Court Justice. Appointed by the President

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Profile of a Supreme Court Justice

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  1. Profile of a Supreme Court Justice • Protestant: 83% • Age: 51-60 • Male: 108 • Female: 4 • Party: Same as President • Salary: $213,900 • Chief: $223,500 • Education: College Graduate

  2. Supreme Court Justice • Appointed by the President • Submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee for review and study. • Debated by the Senate • Requires approval by 2/3 majority of the Senate for confirmation. • Appointed for life • “Presidents come and go but Supreme Court decisions go on forever.”

  3. Historic Appointments • Thurgood Marshall-1967 • Appointed by Lyndon Johnson • NAACP lawyer • Brown vs. Board case • Autherine Lucy case • First African American appointed to the Supreme Court

  4. Historic Appointments • Sandra Day O’Connor • 1982 • First female appointed to the United States Supreme Court • Appointed by Ronald Reagan.

  5. Steps to the Supreme Court

  6. Supreme Court 2014 Row 1: Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John G. Roberts (CJ), Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Row 2: Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel Anthony Alito, Elena Kagan,

  7. Supreme Court • President Barack Obama introduces Solicitor General Elena Kagan as his choice for Supreme Court Justice in the East Room of the White House in Washington as Vice-President Joe Biden applauds.

  8. United States Supreme Court Judicial Activism • The belief that a justice should use his or her position to promote desirable social ends. • Ex. Death Penalty Living Constitution • Interpret the Constitution to reflect the changing beliefs of an evolving society. Judicial Restraint • The belief that a justice should defer to the actions of the executive and legislative branch since they are elected. Validate the legislatures. • "Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical. They make sure everybody plays by the rules. But it is a limited role. Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire.” Originalists • Interpreted in the light of its original meaning.

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