Current Supreme Court Justices

Clarence Thomas

African American Associate Supreme Court Justice; appointed by Bush, Sr. 1991; controversial confirmation hearings chaired by Joe Biden

Sonia Sotomayor

Appointed by President Obama in 2009, first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

John G. Roberts

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bush 2005

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Clinton: an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice (after Sandra Day O'Connor) and the first Jewish female justice.

Anthony M. Kennedy

Current Associate Justice of the SCOTUS; nominated by President Reagan; took his seat in 1988. Sometimes seen as the "swing vote".

Elena Kagan

Justice appointed by President Obama in 2010, who served as Solicitor General before being appointed to the Court.

Stephen G. Breyer

President Clinton nominated him as an Asso¬ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994.

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr

President George W. Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat on January 31, 2006.

Antonin Scalia

The longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court., Reagan 1986. Along with Thomas, a big conservative