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U.S. Supreme Court

The nine United States Supreme Court justices pose in black robes for their official portrait, with five seated in front and four standing behind against a red curtain backdrop.

Clarence Thomas

John G. Roberts

Samuel A. Alito

Sonia Sotomayor

Brett Kavanaugh

Amy Coney Barrett

Franklin Roosevelt

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