U.S. Supreme Court: Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer

Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer hails from San Francisco, California.  He received an A.B. from Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxfgord, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School.  He served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg during the 1964 term.  President Bill Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he took his seat on August 3, 1994, replacing Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun (best known as the author of Roe v. Wade). 

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