Justices

1. John G. Roberts was nominated by President George W. Bush.
2. What does Associate Justice mean?
3. Antonin Scalia took his seat September 26, 1986.
4. Anthony M. Kennedy received his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
5. What are the requirements of being nominated as a Chief Justice?
6. How many women have ever served as a chief justice? Is it more common?
7. How long does the process of selecting and taking the seat take?
8. Is it common for the justices to be professors before being nominated? (Many seemed to be)
9. Clarence Thomas served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
10. John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2010. Who replaced him?