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Discuss “Statistically Speaking”

President George W. Bush recently appointed White House counsel Harriet Miers to the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are some facts about Miers and her predecessors:

Number of Supreme Court justices in American history: 109

Number of Supreme Court justices in American history who have been women: 2

Age of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers: 60

Percentage of Supreme Court justices without prior judicial experience: 38 percent

Percentage of justices who worked for the President before nomination, since 1934: 29 percent

Number of years that the Rehnquist Court lasted: 11

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