A digest of important news from sources selected by our local
editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Pop quiz: Name one -- just
one -- of the justices serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. If you
can't come up with a name, you're not alone. Nearly two-thirds
of American adults cannot recall the names of any of the nine
justices currently serving on the high court, according to a
survey from Findlaw, a Web site specializing in information for
the legal community. The survey found only 35 percent of
American adults could name at least one current Supreme Court
justice. Fewer than 1 percent could correctly name all nine
justices. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed
to the Supreme Court, was the one most frequently identified,
followed by Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice William
Rehnquist. "The results of the survey are disappointing, but not
surprising," said Stephen Presser of Northwestern University
School of Law in statements provided by FindLaw. "I suspect that
the American public gene