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Old Aug 20th, 2012, 11:10 AM   #1
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been at the forefront of kitchen table, coffee shop, and water cooler conversation of late, with its landmark rulings on health care, immigration, not to mention the always-heated discussions on abortion and gun rights.

The survey showed that others–even those in much the media spotlight– were somewhere between little-known and obscure:
  • Antonin Scalia (16%)
  • Clarence Thomas (16%)
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg (13%)
  • Sonia Sotomayor (13%)

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I sat in on an Oral argument once back in the mid 1970's. Saw some greats of the Court.
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