Obama SCOTUS list - demographic information

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I will update this with more information as I can. Any assistance in tracking down missing information or suggestions as to what to include would be appreciated.



Judge Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 7, 1997
57 Years Old
J.D. Harvard Law School
Jewish



Judge Diane Pamela Wood, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 31, 1995
59 Years Old
J.D. University of Texas School of Law
Protestant



Elena Kagan, US Solicitor General
Nominated by by Barack Obama on January 5, 2009
49 Years Old
J.D. Harvard Law School
Jewish



Leah Ward Sears, Retired Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Nominated by Gov. Zell Miller in 1992
54 Years Old
J.D. Emory University School of Law
Religion unknown



Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan
51 Years Old
J.D. Harvard Law School
Catholic



Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security
52 Years Old
J.D. University of Virginia School of Law
Protestant



Martha Minow, Dean Harvard Law
55 Years Old
J.D. Yale Law School
Religion unknown


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Judge Sidney Thomas, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by William J. Clinton on July 19, 1995
56 Years Old
J.D. University of Montana School of Law
Religion unknown



Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel
60 Years Old
J.D. Rutgers School of Law in Newark
Religion unknown

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1. I know that I voted for Leah Ward Sears here in Georgia because she had a D next to her name..

I also know that she has been called an 'activist judge' by conservatives here. That's probably a good thing (for us, maybe not for confirmation).

That's about all I know.

On edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Ward_Sears

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2. Hard to find detailed bio info on her