President Reagan appointed Justice Anthony Kennedy to the US Supreme Court in 1988; 2010 marks his twenty-second year on the Court.
President Reagan nominated Justice Anthony M. Kennedy to the US Supreme Court in 1988, to replace Lewis F. Powell, who was retiring. He is an incumbent (still sitting) on the bench, and will have been on the Court approximately 23 and one-half years at the start of the 2011-2012 Term. Kennedy is considered the "swing vote" on the Court because his conservative ideology is tempered by strong support for individual rights, such as privacy.
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Justices Thomas and Scalia are, perhaps, the most conservative; the only justice listed whose voting record approaches moderate is Justice Kennedy, the swing vote who has been known to side with the progressives on the Court. Recently, his record of jurisprudence has been more conservative.Justice Clarence ThomasJustice Antonin ScaliaJustice Samuel AlitoChief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.Justice Anthony Kennedy
Elder Dallin H. Oaks was a law clerk in the U.S. Supreme Court and later went on to be a justice in the Utah Supreme Court. There hasn't been an LDS U.S. Supreme Court justice of which I am aware.
According to the California Supreme Court Historical Society, the California Supreme Court has been the "most cited and followed" state supreme court since 1940.
A Supreme Court judge hears cases that have been appealed. As the highest court in the nation, the goal is to uphold the Constitution.
All 112 justices in the history of the US Supreme Court (as of 2011) have been lawyers.
Samuel Alito has been on the Supreme Court since January 31, 2006.
There has never been a US president by that name.
President Reagan nominated Justice Anthony M. Kennedy to the US Supreme Court in 1988, to replace Lewis F. Powell, who was retiring. He is an incumbent (still sitting) on the bench, and will have been on the Court approximately 23 and one-half years at the start of the 2011-2012 Term. Kennedy is considered the "swing vote" on the Court because his conservative ideology is tempered by strong support for individual rights, such as privacy.
The Congress defines the duties of the Supreme Court.