How the Supreme Court has changed from 1974 to 2001
By Stephen Chahn Lee
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Nixon |
Burger |
Powell |
Blackmun |
Brennan |
Douglas |
Marshall |
White |
Rehnquist |
Stewart |
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Ford |
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| 75 |
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Stevens |
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| 76 |
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| 77 |
Carter |
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| 78 |
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| 79 |
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| 80 |
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Reagan |
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| 82 |
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O'Connor |
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| 84 |
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| 85 |
Reagan |
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| 86 |
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Rehnquist |
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Scalia |
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| 87 |
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| 88 |
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Kennedy |
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| 89 |
Bush |
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| 90 |
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Souter |
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| 91 |
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| 92 |
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Thomas |
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| 93 |
Clinton |
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Ginsburg |
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| 94 |
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Breyer |
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| 95 |
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| 96 |
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Clinton |
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| 98 |
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| 99 |
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| 01 |
Bush |
Rehnquist
(1972-present) |
Kennedy
(1988-present) |
Breyer
(1994-present) |
Souter
(1990-present) |
Stevens
(1975-present) |
Thomas
(1992-present) |
Ginsburg
(1993-present) |
Scalia
(1986-present) |
O'Connor
(1981-present) |