U.S. Supreme Court: Associate Justice John Paul Stevens

Associate Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. hails from Chicago, Illinois.  He attended the University of Chicago and the Northwestern University School of Law.  He served in the Navy (1945-1945); after, he served as law clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge during the 1947 term.  President Gerald Ford nominated him as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he took his seat on December 19, 1975, replacing Associate Justice William O. Douglas(who, with a term of 36 years and 209 days, was the longest-serving Justice in Supreme Court history).

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

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