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By Tom Head, About.com Guide to Civil Liberties

Supreme Court Profiles

Sunday March 12, 2006
Category: International Human Rights

Remember the ruling that ended the policy of male-only U.S. military academies? Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote it. The ruling that struck down the Communications Decency Act? She wrote that one, too. Check out my new profile of Justice Ginsburg, the only former ACLU attorney on the Supreme Court.

And if you look through the rest of my Supreme Court Profiles section, you'll learn:
  • Which Supreme Court justice cracks the best jokes.
  • How Justice Alito earned the nickname "strip-search Sammy."
  • Why Justice Scalia is not quite as reliably conservative as some of his critics make him out to be.
  • What Justice Thomas' first career choice was, before he got married and went off to law school.
And that's only the beginning. Watch this space for more Supreme Court content in the coming weeks--including profiles of incoming Chief Justice Roberts, along with the other justices who protect our constitutional rights on the United States' highest court.

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