Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States. The number of Associate Justices is ruled by the United States Congress and is currently set at eight by the Judiciary Act of 1869.

How they are nominated

The President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint... Judges of the supreme Court." Although the Constitution refers to them as "Judges of the Supreme Court," the title actually used is "Associate Justice," introduced in the Judiciary Act of 1789.^[1] Associate justices were traditionally styled "Mr. Justice" in court opinions, but the title was shortened to "Justice" in 1980, a year before the first female justice was appointed.^[2]

Duties

Each of the Justices of the Supreme Court has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before it; the Chief Justice's vote counts no more than that of any other Justice.

Succession process

Under 28 USC 3, when the Chief Justice is unable to discharge his functions, or that office is vacant, his duties are carried out by the most senior Associate Justice until the disability or the vacancy ends.

Current justices

The current Associate Justices are (in order of seniority):

Justice / birthdate and place		Appointed by	SCV	Age at		Start date / length of service	Previous position or office (most recent prior to joining the Court)	Replaced
Justice / birthdate and place		Appointed by	SCV	Start	Present	Start date / length of service		Replaced
09	Thomas, ClarenceClarence Thomas 23 June 1948 (aged 77) Pin Point, Georgia	Bush, GHWG. H. W. Bush	52–48	43	77	October 23, 1991 34 years, 21 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1990–1991)	Marshall
01	Alito, SamuelSamuel Alito 1 April 1950 (aged 75) Trenton, New Jersey	Bush, GWG. W. Bush	58–42	55	75	January 31, 2006 19 years, 286 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1990–2006)	O'Connor
08	Sotomayor, SoniaSonia Sotomayor 25 June 1954 (aged 71) The Bronx, New York	Obama, Barack Obama	68–31	55	71	August 8, 2009 16 years, 97 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1998–2009)	Souter
05	Kagan, ElenaElena Kagan 28 April 1960 (aged 65) Manhattan, New York	Obama, Barack Obama	63–37	50	65	August 7, 2010 15 years, 98 days	Solicitor General of the United States (2009–2010)	Stevens
04	Gorsuch, NeilNeil Gorsuch 29 August 1967 (aged 58) Denver, Colorado	Trump, Donald Trump	54–45	49	58	April 10, 2017 8 years, 217 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2006–2017)	Scalia
06	Kavanaugh, BrettBrett Kavanaugh 12 February 1965 (aged 60) Washington, D.C.	Trump, Donald Trump	50–48	53	60	October 6, 2018 7 years, 38 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2006–2018)	Kennedy
02	Barrett, Amy ConeyAmy Coney Barrett 28 January 1972 (aged 53) New Orleans, Louisiana	Trump, Donald Trump	52–48	48	53	October 27, 2020 5 years, 17 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2017–2020)	Ginsburg
02	Jackson, Ketanji BrownKetanji Brown Jackson 14 September 1970 (aged 55) Washington, D.C.	Biden, Joe Biden	53–47	52	55	June 30, 2022 3 years, 136 days	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2021–2022)	Breyer
Source: ^[3]

Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States Media

John Rutledge color painting
William Cushing (Restored)
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- 1937 November 27-1938 February
The official portrait of Supreme Court Justice James Iredell.
Portrait of Thomas Johnson (governor) by Charles Willson Peale in the Maryland State Archives, on display at Government House, Annap
John Wesley Jarvis - Samuel Chase - NPG.67.2 - National Portrait Gallery
- Portrait of Bushrod Washington (1762–1829)
Alfred Moore (1755-1810)

References

↑ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875". memory.loc.gov.
↑ Joan Biskupic, Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice (New York: HarperCollins, 2005), 101.
↑ "Current Members". www.supremecourt.gov. Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 21, 2018.

Other websites

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[1] "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875". memory.loc.gov.

[Biskupic-2] Joan Biskupic, Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice (New York: HarperCollins, 2005), 101.

[SCOTUScurrent-3] "Current Members". www.supremecourt.gov. Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 21, 2018.

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