U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for September 25
The daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: FIRST WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
Profile America — Saturday, September 25th. Today marks the anniversary, in 1981, of the swearing in of the first woman Supreme Court justice — Sandra Day O'Connor. She served until retiring in 2006. There have been four women to join the court: O'Connor, Elena Kagan recently, Ruth Bader Gensberg, who joined in 1993 and Sonya Sotomayor, who joined last year. A total of 111 men and women have served on the Supreme Court. The workload of the court has grown. There were just over 5,000 cases on the docket in 1980, while in recent years, that number has almost doubled. At the same time, the total number of cases argued annually has dropped by more than half to 125. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
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