Showing posts with label Antonin Scalia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antonin Scalia. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court: Associate Justice Antonin Scalia

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey.  He received his A.B. from Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.  He later received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School.  President Ronald Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he took his seat on September 26, 1986, replacing then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist when he was elevated to Chief Justice.

For more information, check out the biographies of current Justices here.

Also, check out his biography on The Oyez Project here.

Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court - Meet the Current Justices

It occurred to me that, with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, many of you may be interested in learning more about the Supreme Court and the current justices.  To start, here are some links to information:

Supreme Court of the United States

Biographies of Current Justices

All members of the Supreme Court of the United States

Another interesting site to check out is The Oyez Project, a multimedia archive devoted to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Check out more cool links here.

Every day, we'll focus on a different justice, so tune in!



Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy