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Top row (left to right): Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, and Samuel Alito.
Bottom row (left to right): Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief
Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia and David Souter. |
| Supreme Court Justices of the United States (By
Seniority) |
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Chief Justice John Roberts
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Born: January 27, 1955
Appointed by: President G.W. Bush
Confirmation Vote: 78-22
Sworn in: September 28, 2005
Home: New York
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit (2003–2005); Private practice (1993–2003); Principal
Deputy Solicitor General (1989–1993); Private practice
(1986–1989); Associate Counsel to the President (1982–1986);
Special Assistant to the Attorney General (1981–1982) |
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John Paul Stevens
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Born: April 20, 1920
Appointed by: President Ford
Confirmation Vote: 98-0
Sworn in: December 18, 1975
Home: Illinois
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit (1970–1975); Private practice (1948–1970); Lecturer,
University of Chicago Law School (1950–1954); Lecturer,
Northwestern University School of Law (1954–1958) |
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Antonin Scalia
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Born: March 11, 1936
Appointed by: President Reagan
Confirmation Vote: 98-0
Sworn in: September 25, 1986
Home: Virginia
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit (1982–1986); Professor, University of Chicago Law School
(1977–1982); Assistant Attorney General (1974–1977); Professor,
University of Virginia School of Law (1967–1974) |
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Anthony Kennedy
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Born: July 23, 1936
Appointed by: President Reagan
Confirmation Vote: 97-0
Sworn in: February 17, 1988
Home: California
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit (1975–1988); Professor, McGeorge School of Law,
University of the Pacific (1965–1988); Private practice
(1963–1975) |
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David Souter
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Born: September 17, 1939
Appointed by: President G.H.W. Bush
Confirmation Vote: 90-9
Sworn in: October 8, 1990
Home: New Hampshire
Brief Resume:
Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
(1990–1990); Associate Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court
(1983–1990); Associate Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court
(1978–1983); Attorney General of New Hampshire (1976–1978);
Deputy Attorney General of New Hampshire (1971–1976); Assistant
Attorney General of New Hampshire (1968–1971); Private practice
(1966–1968). |
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Clarence Thomas
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Born: June 23, 1948
Appointed by: President G.H.W. Bush
Confirmation Vote: 52-48
Sworn in: October 22, 1991
Home: Georgia
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit (1990–1991); Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (1982–1990); Legislative Assistant for Missouri
Senator John Danforth (1979–1981); employed by Monsanto Inc.
(1977– 1979); Assistant Attorney General of Missouri under State
Attorney General John Danforth (1974–1977) |
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Born: March 15, 1933
Appointed by: President Clinton
Confirmation Vote: 97-3
Sworn in: August 9, 1993
Home: New York
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit (1980–1993); General Counsel, American Civil Liberties
Union (1973–1980); Professor, Columbia Law School (1972–1980);
Professor, Rutgers University School of Law (1963–1972) |
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Stephen Breyer
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Born: August 15, 1938
Appointed by: President Clinton
Confirmation Vote: 87-9
Sworn in: August 2, 1994
Home: Massachusetts
Brief Resume: Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit (1990–1994); Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit (1980–1990); Professor, Harvard Law School
(1967–1980) |
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Samuel Alito
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Born: April 1, 1950
Appointed by: President G.W. Bush
Confirmation Vote: 58-42
Sworn in: January 30, 2006
Home: New Jersey
Brief Resume: Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit (1990–2006); Professor, Seton Hall University School of
Law (1999–2004); U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
(1987–1990); Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1985–1987);
Assistant to the Solicitor General (1981–1985); Assistant U.S.
Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1977–1981) |
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