Supreme Court

The first woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor grew up intending to go into her family's business of cattle ranching.

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Stephen Breyer was pushed towards high levels of success at an early age.

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Although Ruth Bader Ginsburg possesses a petite frame, her voice is a powerful force on the Supreme Court. Only the second female justice nominated to the country's highest court, she remains a trailblazer on the path of women's rights.

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Perhaps one of the most well known justices thanks to a highly publicized confirmation hearing, Thomas, the second African American to sit on the high court, has often been forced to endure increased media attention despite efforts to avoid it.

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In 1988, President Reagan needed a rock-solid Supreme Court Justice nominee after two previous nomination attempts failed.

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One of the most outspoken and colorful justices of the Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1936.

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Justice John Paul Stevens, a native of Chicago, has been called a political uncertainty and a "wild card" on the bench.

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John Roberts Jr., a former federal appellate judge, won Senate confirmation Sept. 29, 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. The 50 year old becomes the youngest chief justice in 200 years.

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The Supreme Court heard two notable cases this week, one involving lawyer rights for parents of special education students and the other on the constitutionality of police tactics in high-speed chases. The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle details the arguments.

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The Supreme Court has released the audio tapes of some of its highest profile hearings, granting the public unprecedented access to courtroom proceedings. NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the sounds of the Supreme Court.

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