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* [[Samuel Alito]], a 2006 [[George W. Bush|Bush Jr.]] appointee, a conservative Catholic, nominated after Bush failed to nominate [[Harriet Miers]] to the court
* [[Samuel Alito]], a 2006 [[George W. Bush|Bush Jr.]] appointee, a conservative Catholic, nominated after Bush failed to nominate [[Harriet Miers]] to the court


==Bibliography==
==Notes==
* Baum, Lawrence. ''The Supreme Court'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Court-Lawrence-Baum/dp/1933116854/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207256281&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]
* Greenburg, Jan Crawford. ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court'' (2008)
* Rosen, Jeffrey. ''The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Court-Personalities-Rivalries-Defined/dp/0805086854/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207256281&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]
*  Toobin, Jeffrey. ''The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court'' (2007)
 
===History===
* Hall, Kermit, et al. eds. ''The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States'' (2005)  [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Companion-Supreme-United-States/dp/B000BLNP4G/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207256281&sr=8-14 excerpt and text search]; complete text online at [[OUP]]
* Hoffer, Peter Charles, Williamjames Hull Hoffer, and N. E. H. Hull. ''The Supreme Court: An Essential History'' (2007), by leading scholars; [http://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Court-Essential-History/dp/0700615385/ref=pd_bbs_sr_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207256281&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
* Irons, Peter. ''A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution'' (2nd ed. 2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Supreme-Court-ConstitutionRevised/dp/0143037382/ref=pd_bbs_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207256281&sr=8-10 excerpt and text search]
* Schwartz, Bernard. ''A History of the Supreme Court'' (1995) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Supreme-Court-Bernard-Schwartz/dp/0195093879/ref=pd_bbs_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207256281&sr=8-12 excerpt and text search]
* Warren, Charles. ''The Supreme Court in United States History'' (1922), [http://books.google.com/books?id=iL0BAAAAYAAJ vol 1 1789-1821 online]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=R70BAAAAYAAJ vol 2 1821-1855 online]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=T-I9AAAAIAAJ vol 3 1856-1918 online]
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the final federal court of appeals in the United States, consisting of nine Justices - the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. Justices are nominated by the President, and are confirmed by the Senate. Article Three of the Constitution defines the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, which include federal cases, cases between States and as an appeal court for citizens to bring cases, although the Eleventh Amendment limits the jurisdiction of federal courts.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is John G. Roberts, a 53-year-old Bush appointee in September 2005, a Harvard-trained lawyer, former Associate Counsel to the President and practicing Roman Catholic. The current associate Justices are as follows:

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