A preview from PBS: clearly one of the very good reasons to support PBS.
My original intent was to find the Supreme Court Nominees website that Stephen Abram referenced in a Nov. 11, 2005 lecture (link below). I'm not sure I've found the sight he mentioned, but there are several interesting sites, many are listed below.
I find the Supreme Court fascinating. Two notes of a personal nature: 1) Supreme Court Justice David Souter graciously wrote to our daughter. She, as part of her 7th grade NH history project, wrote him inquiring about hiking in NH. He shared with her one of his favorite hikes...it was a steep one! Clearly, he likes challenges. 2) A few years later when I asked her if she wanted to hear Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speak on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, PA, she said yes. Justice O'Connor was every bit as gracious as David Souter. When my daughter asked Justice O'Conner if I could take their picture together, she very kindly agreed. Those moments make big impressions on kids! They made big impressions on me! Two very kind, thoughtful justices!
Wikipedia, of course, always a good starting place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
SCOTUS nominees not confirmed. Some interesting history here: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31171.pdf
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library,
Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst: http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/supcourt/
SCOTUS site: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/members.pdf
Law Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/law/
Supreme Court Historical Society: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/myweb/fp/mission.htm
Info Please: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0847276.html This site offers the following: almanac, atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, timelines, countries, campaign 2008 and archived “features.”
High Beam Encyclopedia: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-8859882.html
2005 Christian Science Monitor article about SCOTUS justices: the greats and not-so-greats. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1007/p01s03-usju.html
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