Supreme Court Justices Gateway
U.S. Supreme Court, 2001
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/fullcourt.html
Maintained by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School, this site provides brief biographical sketches of the current Supreme Court Justices, a photo of each Justice, and links to their recent decisions. Each one-page sketch provides information about the Justice's birthplace, residence, family, education, and work experience. Headings within each sketch help students--especially middle school students--easily read about the life of each Justice. For students researching the lives of sitting Justices, the site would be a helpful starting point.
Supreme Court Historical Society Timeline of the Justices
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_timeline/02_a.html
This site, a part of the Supreme Court Historical Society, presents a timeline of all of the US Supreme Court Justices. Each name is linked to a brief biography and image of the Justice. This would be a good site for students and teachers doing preliminary research on the Supreme Court justices. Although the information presented does not go into much depth, it is a good starting point for further research.
Stephen G. Breyer
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/breyer.bio.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Breyer including his personal family information, as well as his education, positions held, and professional activities. It includes a link to recent decisions made by Justice Breyer; each decision includes an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
Stephen G. Breyer
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/108/
This site has links to detailed information about Justice Breyer. Personal information is presented as well as education and positions held. A more detailed biography is reached through a link, as are cases that Justice Breyer has been involved in. These cases are presented in abstract, but include links that give more information such as participants (with their roles and votes), and both written opinions of the court and an oral argument which can be heard using RealPlayer. This is a great site for teachers wanting their students to learn more about a justice and their rulings, as well as the cases themselves. The multimedia and occasional interactive presentation will contribute to student interest. The biography includes some analysis. The audio file is large and takes some time to download depending on connection speed.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/ginsburg.bio.clr.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Ginsburg including her personal family information, as well as her education, positions held, professional activities, and legal writings. This site also has a link to recent decisions made by Justice Ginsburg including an outline of the case, her opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
Anthony M. Kennedy
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/kennedy.bio.clr.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Kennedy including his personal family information, as well as his education and positions held. This site also has a link to recent decisions made by Justice Kennedy including an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
Sandra Day O'Connor
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/oconnor.bio.clr.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice O'Connor including her personal family information, as well as her education, positions held, and other activities and organizations she has participated in. This site also has a link to recent decisions made by Justice O'Connor including an outline of the case, her opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
William H. Rehnquist
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/rehnquist.bio.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Rehnquist including his personal family information, as well as his education, positions held, and professional activities. It includes a link to recent decisions made by Justice Rehnquist; each decision includes an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
William H. Rehnquist
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/100/
This site has links to detailed information about Justice Rehnquist. Personal information is presented as well as education, positions held, professional activities and legal writing. A more detailed biography is reached through a link, as are images and two pdf files of memos written by Justice Rehnquist. Another link leads to cases that Justice Rehnquist has been involved in. These cases are presented in abstract, but include links that give more information such as participants (with their roles and votes), and both written opinions of the court and an oral argument which can be heard using RealPlayer. This is a great site for teachers wanting their students to learn more about a justice and their rulings, as well as the cases themselves. The multimedia and occasional interactive presentation will contribute to student interest. The biography includes some analysis. The audio file is large and takes some time to download depending on connection speed.
Antonin Scalia
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/scalia.bio.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Scalia including his personal family information, as well as his education, positions held, and professional activities. It includes a link to recent decisions made by Justice Scalia; each decision includes an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
Antonin Scalia
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/103/
This site has links to detailed information about Justice Scalia. Personal information is presented as well as education, positions held, professional activities and legal writing. A more detailed biography is reached through a link, as are cases that Justice Scalia has been involved in. These cases are presented in abstract, but include links that give more information such as participants (with their roles and votes), and both written opinions of the court and an oral argument which can be heard using RealPlayer. This is a great site for teachers wanting their students to learn more about a justice and their rulings, as well as the cases themselves. The multimedia and occasional interactive presentation will contribute to student interest. The biography includes some analysis. The audio file is large and takes some time to download depending on connection speed.
David Hackett Souter
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/souter.bio.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Souter including personal family information, as well as education, positions held, and professional activities. It includes a link to recent decisions made by Justice Souter; each decision includes an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
David Hackett Souter
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/105/
This site has links to detailed information about Justice Souter. Personal information is presented as well as education, positions held, and professional activities. A more detailed biography is reached through a link, as are images and cases that Souter has been involved in. These cases are presented in abstract, but include links that give more information such as participants (with their roles and votes), and both written opinions of the court and an oral argument which can be heard using RealPlayer. This is a great site for teachers wanting their students to learn more about a justice and their rulings, as well as the cases themselves. The multimedia and occasional interactive presentation will contribute to student interest. The biography includes some analysis. The audio file is large and takes some time to download depending on connection speed.
John Paul Stevens
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/stevens.bio.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Stevens including his personal family information, as well as his education, positions held, professional activities and legal writings. It includes a link to recent decisions made by Justice Stevens; each decision includes an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
John Paul Stevens
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/101/
This site has links to detailed information about Justice Stevens. Personal information is presented as well as education, positions held, professional activities and legal writing. A more detailed biography is reached through a link, as are cases that Justice Stevens has been involved in. These cases are presented in abstract, but include links that give more information such as participants (with their roles and votes), and both written opinions of the court and an oral argument which can be heard using RealPlayer. This is a great site for teachers wanting their students to learn more about a justice and their rulings, as well as the cases themselves. The multimedia and occasional interactive presentation will contribute to student interest. The biography includes some analysis. The audio file is large and takes some time to download depending on connection speed.
Clarence Thomas
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/thomas.bio.html
This site has an extensive background of Justice Thomas including his personal family information, as well as his education, positions held, and professional activities. It includes a link to recent decisions made by Justice Thomas; each decision includes an outline of the case, his opinion, as well as the opinions of other justices on the case. There is also a place to search cases by topic. This site would be great for teachers that want their students to get familiar with a justice and their rulings or to search cases on a particular topic. The site, however, has a limited amount of information on it.
Clarence Thomas
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/106/
This site has links to detailed information about Justice Thomas. Personal information is presented as well as education, positions held, professional activities and legal writings. A more detailed biography is reached through a link, as are images and a Washington post article analyzing Thomas' career. Another link leads to cases that Thomas has been involved in. These cases are presented in abstract, but include links that give more information such as participants (with their roles and votes), and both written opinions of the court and an oral argument which can be heard using RealPlayer. This is a great site for teachers wanting their students to learn more about a justice and their rulings, as well as the cases themselves. The multimedia and occasional interactive presentation will contribute to student interest. The biography includes some analysis. The audio file is large and takes some time to download depending on connection speed.