Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis, longtime friend of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left), was sworn in as ambassador to Hungary in January, 2010 by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from right). Also in attendance were her father, Angelo Tsakopoulos, (holding Bible) and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Mrs. Pelosi's husband, Paul, is a longtime business associate of Mr. Tsakopoulos. (State Department)
"The opposite danger is interpreting those words in a way that they will no longer work for a country of 308 million Americans who are living in the 21st century — work in the way those framers would have wanted them to work had they been able to understand our society." - Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Antonin Scalia discuss their differing views of the Constitution before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
"I'm hoping the living Constitution will die." - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Passengers from a United Airlines flight wait on the tarmac at Washington Dulles International Airport after the flight to San Francisco was grounded Wednesday. The captain ordered the evacuation of Flight 586 after smoke appeared out of an engine. The 179 passengers, including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and six crew members got off safely. (Associated Press)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn (center) leaves Manhattan state Supreme Court with his wife, Anne Sinclair, and attorney Benjamin Brafman after a hearing Tuesday in New York. A New York judge dismissed the sexual assault case against Mr. Strauss-Kahn.
** FILE ** In this April 27, 2010 file photo, Israeli soldiers stand near a burnt field at the Migron unauthorized settlement outpost in the West Bank after it was demolished by Israeli troops. Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 has ordered the state to dismantle Migron, the largest of the more than 100 unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts. (AP Photo/Alessio Romenzi, File)
** FILE ** In this Oct. 22, 2005, file photo, filmmaker George Lucas poses in front of a Stormtrooper exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston, prior to the opening of "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination." Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, delivered a mixed ruling in the epic battle between George Lucas' movie empire and a prop designer over the iconic stormtrooper helmets from the "Star Wars" films. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
Associated Press Liberal California law professor Goodwin Liu, nominated Tuesday to the state Supreme Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, said he looked forward "to the opportunity to serve the people of California on our state's highest court."
