Perhaps most important, Trump used the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to demonstrate to Kennedy how his own legacy could be preserved. Of course, there is no guarantee that a Trump nominee will sail through the Senate. The possibility of Collins and Murkowski defecting is not lost on their fellow Republicans.
The Court can function with eight Justices but is uncomfortable doing so. Federal law permits a retired Justice to continue service in the lower federal judiciary, and most retired Justices do that on an appeals court rather than the federal trial courts, known as district courts.
Retired Justices do not become regular members of an appeals court; they go on temporary assignments, made by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. Federal appeals courts usually work in panels of three and focus on the legal issues in appealed cases, and each case requires at most only a fairly brief hearing with no need to assemble factual evidence, as single trial judges do in the district courts where trials can run on for weeks if not longer. His continuing to do some judicial or court-related duties is a condition set by federal law for retaining his full salary, as long as he is healthy enough to continue.
One of his former colleagues, retired Justice David H. Souter, has helped decide hundreds of cases on federal appeals courts since he retired nine years ago. A number of those cases have been appealed to the Supreme Court with mixed results, according to a survey by the online legal news service, Scotusblog. However, she has been active in off-the-bench judicial activities, including efforts to increase public understanding — especially among children -- of the Constitution and in working to end elections of state judges as a reform project.
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, who left the bench eight years ago, has opted to use his time not on the bench but as a writer and public speaker on legal topics. He has written two books about his judicial experience and about ways in which he believes the Constitution should be amended. In March, he wrote a newspaper opinion column promoting his idea that the Second Amendment protection of gun rights should be repealed as a means of gun control.
Now 98 years old, Stevens appears to remain in good health. Court of Appeals for the D. Circuit from and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U. Supreme Court during the Term. After briefly practicing law at a Washington, D. Between and , she served as the Dean of Harvard Law School.
She took her seat on August 7, Neil M. He and his wife Louise have two daughters. He received a B. He served as a law clerk to Judge David B. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. From —, he was in private practice, and from — he was Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.
Department of Justice. He taught at the University of Colorado Law School. President Donald J. Trump nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat on April 10, Brett M.
Kavanaugh, Associate Justice, was born in Washington, D. He married Ashley Estes in , and they have two daughters - Margaret and Liza. He served as a law clerk for Judge Walter Stapleton of the U. Kennedy of the U. From to and for a period in , he was Associate Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel. He was a partner at a Washington, D. Trump nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat on October 6,
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