Supreme Court Justices: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Case

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born March 15, 1933), John Roberts (born January 27, 1955), Sonia Sotomayor (born June 25, 1954) , Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948), Anthony Kennedy (born June 23, 1948), Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960) , Samuel Alito (born April 1, 1950) , and Stephen Breyer (born August 15, 1938) are the eight current Supreme Court justices. There are only eight current Supreme Court justices because of the death of Antonin Scalia (born March 11, 1936 – deceased February 12/13, 2016). The current nominee for the position is Merrick Garland (born November 13, 1952) who was nominated March 16, 2016. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States)
Article III of the constitution is the article which discusses the …show more content…

It talk about the limits of the jurisdiction in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is able to deal with all matters concerning the United States of America and its people. Whether you ae a ambassador or a farmer you are under the power of the Supreme Court which is the highest court of law in the United States of America. When there are cases between states or between two citizens of different states they are tried under the Supreme …show more content…

Sandford, 1857 (7-2 decision). On March 6, 1857 the United States Supreme Court ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom. They also ruled that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States of America, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional; which had declared all territories west of Missouri and north of latitude 36°30′ to be free territories. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision) The Dred Scott decision is one of extreme importance when dealing with slavery. It was a case about how Dred Scott who was a slave tried to get his freedom. Because his owners had taken him into a free state he tried to use this to acheive

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