take a bow, justice stevens

President Barack Obama, wearing a bow tie similar to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, tapes a message regarding the justice’s retirement in the Map Room of the White House, May 14, 2010.

"i prefer jeans and t-shirts." "oh god, me too."

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk before the start of the Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Michelle Obama checks over her husband before receiving guests at the Obamas’ first formal affair, the Governor’s Dinner, held at the White House in February. Callie Shell / Aurora for TIME