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When a Supreme Court Justice dies or retires, the President of the United States has to
nominate a new person to the Supreme Court.
The nominee has to appear in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in order to be approved
by an up or down vote (yes or no vote).
The nominee, once approved, becomes a Supreme Court Justice for life.
The Supreme Court's Duties are to interpret and explains laws. It has to make sure that the
Supreme Law of the Land (The US Constitution) is not changed by the Legislative Branch or the
Executive Branch without properly following the Constitutional process of creating Constitutional
amendments.
The picture above is the "Class photo" of all of our Supreme Court Justices.
Here are the names, birth dates, and home states of each Justice.
1. Chief Justice: John G. Roberts, Jr., 01/27/1955, New York
2. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, 03/11/1936, New Jersey
3. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, 06/28/1948, Georgia
4. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 06/25/1954, New York
5. Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, 08/15/1938, California
6. Associate Justice Samuel Alito , Jr. 04/01/1950, New Jersey
7. Associate Justice Elena Kagan, 04/28/1960, New York
8. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 03/25/1933, New York
9. Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 07/23/1936, California
For more photos of the Justices, click here.
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