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Down1
7th November 2012, 10:30 AM
Boo !
You better vote _______ or else..........

Red = Republican appointed.
Blue = Democrat appointed.

Majority.
Harry Blackmun

Blackmun was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blackmun

Warren E. Burger

In 1969, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Burger to the Chief Justice position
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_E._Burger

William J. Brennan

Brennan was named to the U.S. Supreme Court through a recess appointment by Dwight Eisenhower in 1956
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Brennan,_Jr.

Lewis Powell

In 1969, President Nixon asked him to join the Supreme Court, but Powell turned him down. In 1971, Nixon asked him again. Powell was unsure, but Nixon and his Attorney General, John N. Mitchell, persuaded him that joining the Court was his duty to the nation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.

Potter Stewart

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Stewart to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Harold Hitz Burton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_Stewart

William O. Douglas

In 1939, Justice Louis D. Brandeis resigned from the Supreme Court, and Roosevelt nominated Douglas as his replacement on March 20.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O._Douglas

Thurgood Marshall

On June 13, 1967, President Johnson nominated Marshall to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Tom C. Clark,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall

Minority.
Byron White

he was appointed by Kennedy in 1962 to succeed Justice Charles Evans Whittaker, who retired for disability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_White

William Rehnquist

Nixon nominated Rehnquist to replace John Marshall Harlan II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rehnquist