The West Pediment Information Sheet:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/WestPediment8-10-2009_Final.pdf
"Mr. Aitken proposed a design incorporating nine
allegorical figures, and described them as follows:
“My simple Sculptural story is as follows: Liberty enthroned—looking confidently into
the Future—across her lap the Scales of Justice—She is surrounded in the composition by
two Guardian figures. On her right ‘Order’…On her left ‘Authority’…Then to the right and
left…two figures each represent ‘Council.’ Then to the right and left…two figures represent
‘Research’ Past and Present.”