It's as appropriate for US Supreme Court justices to suggest potential candidates as it is for any other group, assuming they don't exercise undue influence over the nomination. It is both inappropriate and unconstitutional for them to take an active or official role in the appointment process (and they don't).
Active justices may hire four law clerks each; retired justices are entitled to one law clerk.
President Clinton nominated both Justice Ginsberg and Justice Breyer to the US Supreme Court. Justice Ginsberg joined the Court in 1993, Justice Breyer in 1994. Both justices are still active.
Based on the fact that active justices typically hire four clerks for each Term, there were probably 36 working in the Court in 2002. Retired Justices are entitled to hire one clerk each, but there were no former justices still living in that year.
judicial activismJudicial activism involves more than taking an active approach to stopping bad laws, however.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Four. In fact, there have only been four women, total, on the US Supreme Court in the nation's history. President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981.Sandra Day O'Connor (1981 - 2006, retired)Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993 - active)Sonia Sotomayor (2009 - active)Elena Kagan (2010 - active)
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Four. There have only been four women, total, on the US Supreme Court in the nation's history. President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981.Sandra Day O'Connor (1981 - 2006, retired)Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993 - active)Sonia Sotomayor (2009 - active)Elena Kagan (2010 - active)
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