Diana Quayle

Diana Qauyle (born January 18, 1939) is an American Lawyer, politician, and Jurist serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1994. Quayle served as Vice President from 1984 until 1989. Her nomination to the Supreme Court originally received mixed reviews, although Quayle was confirmed unanimously after a successful confirmation hearing. She is almost always linked with he conservative wing of the Court and is considered an originalist.

Early Life and Education
Diana Quayle was born in January 18, 1940 in Charleston, South Carolina to an upper class family. Her father, David Michael Quayle with a well-known attorney and served as a member of the South Carolina States House of Representatives from 1942-1955. He later served as a law professor at the University of South Carolina law. he was also a Catholic deacon at there local parish. Her Mother, Elizabeth Bell was a homemaker and worked at the local Catholic church where they attended.Quayle attended Bishop England high school, a private Catholic school in Charleston. She was President of the schools student council and tied for valedictorian.

Quayle attended Harvard university where she obtained a bachelors degree in theology and graduated summa cum laude. She attended Harvard law school and graduated in the top 5% of her class and was an editor at the Harvard law review.

Legal Career
After Law school Quayle joined a private law firm for just over one year. Before she joined the solicitor general‘s office where she worked her way up. After several years, she went back to the private sector where she argued three cases before the Supreme Court. In 1983, she became a legal advisor to the president while working her way up through the ranks of the Republican party. In 1985, she was nominated to be Solicitor General of the United States and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.

Nomination to the Supreme Court
Her nomination to the Supreme Court was a surprise, although Quayle privately said her dream in life was to be a member of that court. Some within the White House thought it would bring instability. After talks with his team she agreed to be put on the court. Diana Quayle privately said that her acceptance to the nomination on the Supreme Court was the “best decision she ever made in her life”

Personal Life
Quayle met husband Doug Jones when they were 25 at a law party, although initially resisting the thought of having another relationship at that time. Quayle admitted to TIME in 1989 that it, “[was] Love at first sight” and, “We’ve had the most happiest marriage anyone would ask for”.

She is a practicing Roman Catholic and is known to very rarely ever miss a church service. Quayle describes herself as “devout” and as an “anti-Vatican II Catholic“