The Supremes

Note to AP: The third justice from right is NOT Stephen Breyer. Related to this, "And we're not that well known...you may be. Out of the 10 times that someone asked me if I was on the Supreme Court, 9 of them thought that I was Justice Souter." -- Justice Stephen Breyer, in Influence of Foreign Courts in the US, Talk with Justice Scalia and Justice Breyer.

UPDATE on the Supremes without the lead: Here's a pic of all eight at today's inauguration. Notice anything about the way they're sitting?



Justice John Paul Stevens -- Appointed 1975
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- Appointed 1981
Justice Antonin Scalia -- Appointed 1986
Justice Anthony Kennedy -- Appointed 1988
Justice David Souter -- Appointed 1990
Justice Clarence Thomas -- Appointed 1991
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg --Appointed 1993
Justice Stephen Breyer -- Appointed 1994

Reminds me of field trips during elementary school when we'd sit next to the person we sat next to in class.