Active Members of Supreme Court
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Name: John G. Roberts, Jr.
Appointed By: President George W. Bush
Appointed By: President George W. Bush
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Name: Antonin Scalia
Appointed By: President Reagan
Appointed By: President Reagan
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Name: Anthony M. Kennedy
Appointed By: President Reagan
Appointed By: President Reagan
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Name: Clarence Thomas
Appointed By: President Bush
Appointed By: President Bush
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Name: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Appointed By: President Clinton
Appointed By: President Clinton
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Name: Stephen G. Breyer
Appointed By: President Clinton
Appointed By: President Clinton
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Name: Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.
Appointed By: President George W. Bush
Appointed By: President George W. Bush
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Name: Sonia Sotomayor
Appointed By: President Obama
Appointed By: President Obama
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Name: Elena Kagan
Appointed By: President Obama
Appointed By: President Obama
Important Supreme Court Cases
Marbury v. Madison:
McCulloch v. Maryland:
Miranda v. Arizona:
Plessy v. Ferguson:
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education:
- The theory of Judicial Review created so much hype in this case, that it formed a line between Executive and Judicial power in the American Government, and developed the Supreme Court to being it's own power.
McCulloch v. Maryland:
- This case determined that Congress has the ability, in the Constitution, to be able to incorporate a bank pursuing the Necessary and Proper Clause. It also determined that Maryland doesn't have the ability to tax an institution that was made by Congress.
Miranda v. Arizona:
- A man was found arrested for raping several women, and he admitted to all of the grotesque details to the police. However, he wasn't aware of his fifth amendment rights stating that he had the "right to remain silent, and everything he says can, and will, be used against him in the court of law." Therefore, he was able to be freed. Eventually, he was arrested again, this time for murder, and his rights WERE read to him, so he went to jail. This now requires your rights to be read to a person whenever they are being arrested.
Plessy v. Ferguson:
- Racial segregation in public places were seen, "Separate but Equal". Meaning that it wasn't allowed for different races to be casually enjoying themselves in public alongside other people of different races. It meant that they were required to be separated from each other at all times. People of color weren't without certain public places, which is what is considered "Equal." For example, if there was a pool for "whites only", the would be a "colored pool" as well.
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education:
- Repealed racial segregation by allowing both black and white kids to go to school together, which resulted in a slow, but important advancement in the community, which further lead to overall desegregation.