Current Supreme Court Justices
Samuel A. Alito Jr.
-Nominated by Bush 2 and took his seat on January 31, 2006 -Conservative -Deputy assistant attorney general -U.S. court of appeals for third circuit -Born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1950
John G. Roberts Jr.
-Chief Justice of the United States -Nominated by Bush 2 as Chief Justice and took his seat September 29, 2005 -Leans conservative -A.B. from Harvard and J.D. from Harvard Law -Before U.S. court of appeals for D.C. circuit, worked in White House under Reagan and various other positions -Born in Buffalo, New York in 1955
Clarence Thomas
-Nominated by Bush 1 and took his seat October 23, 1991 -Second African American to serve on the court -Conservative -A.B. from Holy Cross and J.D. from Yale Law -Missouri attorney general, assistant secretary of civil rights, judge on U.S. court of appeals for D.C. circuit -Had sexual harassment allegations but was still confirmed -Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1948
Stephen G. Breyer
-Nominated by Clinton and took his seat August 3, 1994 -Leans liberal -A.B. from Stanford and LL.B. from Harvard Law -Law professor and then judge on U.S. court of appeals first circuit -Born in San Fransisco, California in 1938
Elena Kagan
-Nominated by Obama and took her seat on August 7, 2010 -Leans liberal -A.B. from Princeton and J.D. from Harvard Law -Law professor, served in Clinton administration, was Dean of Harvard Law -Solicitor general of the U.S. -Born in New York, New York in 1960
Sonia Sotomayor
-Nominated by Obama and took her seat on August 8, 2009 -Liberal -B.A. from Princeton and J.D. from Yale Law -Assistant district attorney in New York -Judge on U.S. court of appeals for second circuit -Born in the Bronx, New York in 1954
Amy Coney Barrett
-Nominated by Trump and took her seat on October 27, 2020 -Replaced the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg -Conservative -B.A. from Rhodes and J.D. from Notre Dame Law -Law professor at Notre Dame -Judge on on U.S. court of appeals for seventh circuit -Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1972
Neil M. Gorsuch
-Nominated by Trump and took his seat April 10, 2017 -McConnell helped as Obama never nominated -Conservative -B.A. from Columbia, J.D. from Harvard Law and D.Phil. from Oxford -Principal deputy assistant attorney general at U.S. department of justice -U.S. court of appeals for tenth circuit, then later a law professor at Colorado -Born in Denver, Colorado in 1967
Brett M. Kavanaugh
-Nominated by Trump and took his seat on October 6, 2018 -Sexual assault trials beforehand -Conservative -B.A. from Yale and J.D. from Yale Law -Senior associate counsel to Bush 2, then his Assistant and staff secretary -Judge on U.S. court of appeals for D.C. circuit -Born in Washington, D.C. in 1965
