U.S. Supreme Court Justices

 

 

 1. John Paul Stevens, 88, Liberal.  Born April 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. Nominated by President Jerry Ford as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office on December 19, 1975. Years on the Court:32. Religion: Protestant. 

 

2. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg, 75, Liberal.  Born March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. Nominated by President BJ* Clinton as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office August 10, 1993. Years on the Court:14. Religion: Jewish.  

 

3. Antonin Gregory Scalia, 72, Conservative.  Born March 11, 1936 in Trenton, New Jersey. Nominated by President Ronaldus Magnus Reagan as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office September 26, 1986. Years on the Court:21. Religion: Roman Catholic.  

 

4. Anthony McLeod Kennedy, 71, Swing-vote.  Born July 23, 1936 in Sacramento, California. Nominated by President Ronaldus Magnus Reagan as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office February 18, 1988. Years on the Court:18. Religion: Roman Catholic.  

5. Stephen Gerald Breyer, 69, Liberal.  Born August 15, 1938, in San Francisco, California. Nominated by President BJ* Clinton as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office August 3, 1994. Years on the Court:13. Religion: Jewish.

6. David Hackett Souter, 68, Liberal.  Born September 17, 1939 in Melrose, Massachusetts. Nominated by President Bush 41 as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took his seat on October 9, 1990. Years on the Court:17. Religion: Episcopalian. 

7. Clarence Thomas, 59, Conservative.  Born June 23, 1948 in Pin Point Georgia. Nominated By President Bush 41 as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office, October 23, 1991. Years on the Court:16. Religion: Roman Catholic. 

8. Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., 58, Conservative.  Born April 1, 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey. Nominated by President Dubya Bush as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court: took oath of office, January 31, 2006. Becomes the 110th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Years on the Court:1. Religion: Roman Catholic.

9. John Glover Roberts, Jr., 53, Conservative.  Born January 27, 1955 in Buffalo, New York. Nominated by President Dubya Bush as 17th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office on September 29, 2005. Years on the Court:2. Religion: Roman Catholic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Bill Jefferson

 

 

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