The Justices of the

Supreme Court

                                 

    

• con·serv·a·tive•    

–adjective 1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.

• 4. ( often initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the Conservative party.

• –noun 8. a person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.

• 9. a supporter of conservative political policies.

lib·er·al –adjective 1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs. 2. ( often initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform. 3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism. 4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties. 5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers. 8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc. 11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule. –noun 14. a person of liberal principles or views, esp. in politics or

mod·er·ate  n. mod-er-it, mod-rit; v. mod-uh-reyt] Show IPA adjective, noun, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing. –adjective 1. kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price. 2. of medium quantity, extent, or amount: a moderate income. 5. of or pertaining to moderates, as in politics or religion. –noun 6. a person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, esp. in politics or religion. 7. ( usually initial capital letter ) a member of a political party advocating moderate reform.

Chief Justice John Roberts

• Born 1955• Lawyer• Judge• Legal Counsel to

President Reagan• Appointed by George

W. Bush in 2005

Chief Justice John Roberts

• Born 1955• Lawyer• Judge• Legal Counsel to

President Reagan• Appointed by George

W. Bush in 2005

Antonin Scalia

• Born 1936• Lawyer• Judge• Law Professor• Assistant Attorney

General• Appointed by Ronald

Reagan in 1986

Antonin Scalia

• Born 1936• Lawyer• Judge• Law Professor• Assistant Attorney

General• Appointed by Ronald

Reagan in 1986

Anthony Kennedy

• Born 1936• Lawyer• Judge• Law Professor• Appointed by Ronald

Reagan in 1988

Anthony Kennedy

• Born 1936• Lawyer• Judge• Law Professor• Appointed by Ronald

Reagan in 1988

Clarence Thomas

• Born 1948• Corporate Lawyer• Assistant Missouri

Attorney General• Chairman of EEOC• Appointed by G. H. W.

Bush in 1991

Clarence Thomas

• Born 1948• Corporate Lawyer• Assistant Missouri

Attorney General• Chairman of EEOC• Appointed by G. H. W.

Bush in 1991

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

• Born 1933• Lawyer for ACLU• Law Professor• Judge• Appointed by Bill

Clinton in 1993

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

• Born 1933• Lawyer for ACLU• Law Professor• Judge• Appointed by Bill

Clinton in 1993

Stephen Breyer

• Born 1938• Lawyer• Law Professor• Judge• Appointed by Bill

Clinton in 1994

Stephen Breyer

• Born 1938• Lawyer• Law Professor• Judge• Appointed by Bill

Clinton in 1994

Samuel Alito

• Born 1950• Lawyer• Federal Attorney• Law Professor• Judge• Appointed by George

W. Bush 2006

Samuel Alito

• Born 1950• Lawyer• Federal Attorney• Law Professor• Judge• Appointed by George

W. Bush 2006

Sonia Sotomayor

• Born 1954• Prosecutor• Lawyer• Judge• Law Professor• Appointed by Barack

Obama 2009

Sonia Sotomayor

• Born 1954• Prosecutor• Lawyer• Judge• Law Professor• Appointed by Barack

Obama 2009

Elena Kagan

• Born 1960• Lawyer• White House Council• Dean, Harvard Law

School• Solicitor General of the

United States• Appointed by Barack

Obama 2010

Elena Kagan

• Born 1960• Lawyer• White House Council• Dean, Harvard Law

School• Solicitor General of the

United States• Appointed by Barack

Obama 2010