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Every Supreme Court justice went to Harvard or Yale Law School - here's where they went for undergrad

Antonin Scalia — Georgetown University

Every Supreme Court justice went to Harvard or Yale Law School - here's where they went for undergrad

Anthony Kennedy — Stanford University

Anthony Kennedy — Stanford University

Kennedy graduated from Stanford in 1958 with a degree in political science. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1961.

Clarence Thomas — College of the Holy Cross

Clarence Thomas — College of the Holy Cross

Thomas graduated cum laude from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 with a degree in English literature. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1974.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Cornell University

Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Cornell University

Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University in 1954 with a degree in government. She started at Harvard Law School in 1956, before transferring to Columbia Law School when her husband took a job in New York.

She graduated from Columbia in 1959, tying for first in her class.

Stephen Breyer — Stanford University

Stephen Breyer — Stanford University

Breyer graduated from Stanford University in 1959 with a degree in philosophy. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1964.

John G. Roberts — Harvard University

John G. Roberts — Harvard University

Roberts graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1976 with a degree in history. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979.

Samuel Alito — Princeton University

Samuel Alito — Princeton University

Alito graduated from Princeton University in 1972 with a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1975.

Sonia Sotomayor — Princeton University

Sonia Sotomayor — Princeton University

Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 with a degree in history. She graduated from Yale Law School in 1979.

Elena Kagan — Princeton University

Elena Kagan — Princeton University

Kagan graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1981 with a degree in history. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1986.

BONUS: Merrick Garland — Harvard University

BONUS: Merrick Garland — Harvard University

After graduating as valedictorian of his high school glass, Garland won scholarships to Harvard University. During college, he worked as a shoe store stock clerk during the summer to help pay for tuition, the White House has pointed out.

Garland graduated summa cum laude with a degree in social studies in 1974. He went on to Harvard Law, where he served on the Harvard Law Review. He's currently chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

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