Scotus Justice facts
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was such a poor cook, that her husband "expelled" her from the kitchen and took charge of all cooking, despite traditional gender roles. When her husband died, the spouses of SCOTUS justices released a cookbook in his honor.
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William H Taft was the only POTUS who was also a SCOTUS Justice.
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Every Supreme Court Justice went to Harvard or Yale Law School. The last non Ivy League educated SCOTUS Justice was nominated in 1981. .4% of the US attended an Ivy League school
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There were 10 SCOTUS Justices when Andrew Johnson became President. Since Congress didn't want Johnson to nominate any Justices, 2 of the 10 U.S. Supreme Court seats simply ceased existing under Johnson's watch. Later on, one of these seats was re-added.
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Roger Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the SCOTUS, thought his ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case would end the national debate regarding slavery. He had ruled that no African-American, free or enslaved, had ever enjoyed the rights of a citizen under the Constitution.
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Anthony Scalia, US Scotus Justice, believes in the devil literally: "You know, it is curious. In the Gospels, the Devil is doing all sorts of things. He’s making pigs run off cliffs, he’s possessing people and whatnot. And that doesn’t happen very much anymore. "
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Three of the eight remaining SCOTUS justices have only Bachelor's Degrees in Law (LL.B).
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Unlike the federal SCOTUS justices, who are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate, state SCOTUS justices can be elected by the people, appointed by a committee on merit, elected by the governor, or elected by a legislative body on a state by state basis.
