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SCOTUS trivia

Justice Stephen Breyer was elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1994 to fill the seat left vacant by Justice Harry Blackmun. From which court was Justice Breyer elevated?

a) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
b) U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
c) U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
d) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

The correct answer: (b) U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter (D) nominated Breyer to sit on the First Circuit. Breyer served on the court from 1980 to 1994 and served as chief judge from 1990 to 1994.