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Catherine Kane is a justice with the Federal Court of Canada. [1] She graduated with a BA from Saint Patrick's College and an LLB from the University of Ottawa. In 1999 she became the first director of the Policy Centre for Victim Issues in the Department of Justice, a position she served in until 2007. [2]
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an American lawyer and jurist who is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice of four to be confirmed to the court. Following O'Connor's retirement, and until Sotomayor joined the court, Ginsburg was the only female justice on the Supreme Court. During that time, Ginsburg became more forceful with her dissents, which were noted by legal observers and in popular culture. She is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the court. Ginsburg has authored notable majority opinions, including United States v. Virginia, Olmstead v. L.C., and Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.
John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as Chief Justice of the United States. Roberts has authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including Shelby County v. Holder, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, King v. Burwell, and Department of Commerce v. New York. He has been described as having a conservative judicial philosophy but has shown a willingness to work with the Supreme Court's liberal bloc, and since the retirement of Anthony Kennedy in 2018 has come to be regarded as a key swing vote on the Court.
Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in May 2010, and confirmed by the Senate in August of the same year. She is the fourth woman to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed by President Barack Obama in May 2009 and confirmed in August of the same year. She is the first Hispanic and Latina Justice.
Catherine McGuinness is a retired Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2006, a Judge of the High Court from 1996 to 2000, a Judge of the Circuit Court from 1994 to 1996 and a Senator for the University of Dublin from 1979 to 1981 and between 1983 and 1987. She was appointed by President Michael D. Higgins to the Council of State from 1988 to 1990 and 2012 to 2019.
Catherine Margaret Branson is a former Australian judge and public servant. She was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 1994 to 2008, and then President of the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2008 to 2012.
Batwoman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Katherine "Kate" Kane is a wealthy heiress who becomes inspired by the superhero Batman and chooses, like him, to put her wealth and resources towards a campaign to fight crime as a masked vigilante in her home of Gotham City.
Catherine D. Kimball, known as Kitty Kimball, is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Catherine Caldwell Eagles is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and a former Superior Court judge in Guilford County, North Carolina. She is the first female judge to serve in the Middle District.
United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013), is a landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case concerning same-sex marriage. The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages, was a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Kathleen Granahan Kane is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2013 until her resignation in 2016 following her conviction for perjury, obstruction of justice and related charges for illegal activities while she was Attorney General. She was the first female and first Democrat ever elected to the position.
Glennys L. McVeigh is a justice with the Federal Court of Canada. Prior to her appointment on April 26, 2013, she served as a senior counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada in Saskatoon.
Cecily Strickland is a justice with the Federal Court of Canada. Before her appointment she was a lawyer at the firm Stewart McKelvey in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Jocelyne Gagné is a justice with the Federal Court of Canada. Prior to her appointment she served as president of the Commercial Litigation Committee of the Canadian Bar Association.
Mary J.L. Gleason is a Canadian judge. Gleason was appointed as a justice of the Federal Court of Appeal in 2015. Prior to her appointment she was a senior partner with Norton Rose in Ottawa, Ontario.
Marie-Josée Bédard is a justice with the Federal Court of Canada. Prior to her appointment she was vice-chairperson of the Public Service Labour Relations Board.
Alicia Jeannette Theriot Knoll is a former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court. In 2016, she was one of three Democrats serving on the seven-member court, which has been presided over since 2013 by Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson, a Democrat from New Orleans.
Bernette Joshua Johnson is a Democratic lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana, who has served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013.
Anne K. McKeig is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She is its first Native American justice. She was previously a judge of the Minnesota Fourth District Court in Hennepin County from 2008 to 2016.
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