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john g. roberts, jr., chief justice of the united states
- as an attorney for the government and in private practice, he argued 39 cases before the us supreme court and won 25 of them.
he is a member of the american law institute, and a member of the american academy of appellate lawyers and chancellor of the smithsonian institution.
roberts is the youngest chief justice since john marshall in 1801.
clarence thomas, associate justice
- grew up in poverty in segregated georgia.
raised by his maternal grandparents as a devout catholic, and was sent to an all-black catholic school run by nuns.
thomas was a beneficiary of yale's affirmative-action policy, which offered opportunities to minority students.
served on the us court of appeals for the dc circuit with justice ruth bader ginsburg.
thomas called his confirmation hearings "a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves."
ruth bader ginsburg, associate justice
- served on the dc federal appeals court with justice clarence thomas.
launched american civil liberties union (aclu) women's rights project.
named one of forbes magazine's 100 most powerful women from 2004 through 2011.
stephen g. breyer, associate justice
- former assistant prosecutor during the watergate hearings in the 1970s.
awarded the prominent distinguished eagle scout award, eligible only to those who have been an eagle scout for at least 25 years.
samuel a. alito, jr., associate justice
- nicknamed "scalito" as his views resemble those of the late conservative supreme court justice antonin scalia.
argued 12 cases before the supreme court, the first in 1982
sonia sotomayor, associate justice
- first hispanic us supreme court justice.
third female justice in us supreme court history.
first hispanic person to be appointed to the federal bench in new york.
elena kagan, associate justice
- confirmed by the us senate 61-31 to become the first woman to serve as us solicitor general, despite opposition by over 75% of republican senators.
neil m. gorsuch, associate justice
- he is the youngest nominee since clarence thomas, who was 43 when confirmed in 1991.
brett m. kavanaugh, associate justice
- the washington post publishes an article about a california psychology professor who accuses kavanaugh of attempting to rap* her when they were both teenagers at a house party during the early 1980's.
