| Justice | Age in 2008 | Appointed | Rasul | Kyllo | Sony |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens | 88 | Ford 1975 | + | - | + |
| Rehnquist | 84 | Nixon 1972* | - | - | - |
| Mean retirement age 1986-present: 81 | |||||
| Souter | 79 | Bush 1990 | + | + | n/a |
| O'Connor | 78 | Reagan 1981 | + | - | + |
| Ginsburg | 75 | Clinton 1993 | + | + | n/a |
| Scalia | 72 | Reagan 1986 | - | + | n/a |
| Kennedy | 72 | Reagan 1988 | + | - | n/a |
| Breyer | 70 | Clinton 1994 | + | + | n/a |
| Thomas | 60 | Bush 1991 | - | + | n/a |
- Promoted to Chief Justice by President Reagan in 1986.
Rasul: Rasul v. Bush 2004
Nice try, but locking them up at Guantanamo Bay doesn't let you put them on the Kafka track.
Can you believe it? The Geneva Conventions and the Bill of Rights both have an "if you feel like it" clause and nobody noticed before!
Kyllo: Kyllo v. United States 2001
Searching someone's house with new technology is still a search.
Infrared cameras aren't specifically mentioned in a document written 130 years before the invention of infrared film, so IR is fair game.
Sony: Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios 1984
Technology with a substantial non-infringing use is legal.
Que no haya novedad!
References
Wikipedia: Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court decisions from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.