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Article II Section 2 - He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

2012 Court
  1. Chief Justice John Roberts, confirmed in 2005, nominated by George W. Bush. 
  2. Antonin Scalia, confirmed in 1986, nominated by Reagan
  3. Anthony Kennedy, 1988 by Reagan
  4. Clarence Thomas, 1991 by George H.W. Bush
  5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg , 1993 by Bill Clinton
  6. Stephen Breyer , 1994 by Clinton
  7. Samuel Alito , 2006 by George W. Bush
  8. Sonia Sotomayor, 2009 by Obama
  9. Elena Kagan, 2010 by Obama



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