U.S. Supreme Court Justices Biography
You will be assigned a U.S. Supreme Court Justice to complete a biography for.
In the biography you will need to include the following:
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His/her full name
When and where he/she was born
Where he/she went to law school
Where he/she practiced law and lower courts he/she served on
3 – 5 interesting facts about him/her
What political party he/she is registered with
When he/she was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Ct. and by whom
What is the political party of the President who appointed him/her
Names of 3 U.S. Supreme Court cases he/she helped to decide.
(Name the case and give a brief description on what the case was
about. Each case is to be its own topic)
 How did he/she vote on the cases listed above
 Based on his/her voting record, would the appointing president be
happy with his/her decisions? Why or why not?
 A picture of the justice
The biography is to be a minimum of 500 words, and it is to be typed in Times
New Roman and the font size is to be 12. You must use at least 3 sources and you
will need to list all of your sources used on a separate sheet of paper at the end of
your biography.
Name of Justice assigned to you_____________________________________
Due Date ____________________
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito
Antonin Scalia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
Anthony Kennedy
Stephen Breyer
Elana Kagan
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito
John Roberts
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
Antonin Scalia
Stephen Breyer
Elana Kagan
Anthony Kennedy
Samuel Alito
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Sonia Sotomayor
Antonin Scalia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elana Kagan
Anthony Kennedy
Stephen Breyer
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito
Antonin Scalia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
Anthony Kennedy
Stephen Breyer
Elana Kagan