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The demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States encompass the gender, ethnicity, and religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 116 people who have been appointed and confirmed as justices to the Supreme Court. Some of these characteristics have been raised as an issue since the court was established in 1789.
She was the second female and the first Jewish female justice of the Supreme Court. [ 4 ] [ 74 ] [ 75 ] She eventually became the longest-serving Jewish justice. [ 76 ] The American Bar Association 's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated Ginsburg as "well qualified", its highest rating for a prospective justice.
The first four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court. Sotomayor cast her first vote as an associate Supreme Court justice on August 17, 2009, in a stay of execution case. [213]
The two most recently appointed justices were women, and one a woman of color. Ketanji Brown Jackson, previously a federal appeals court judge, in 2022 became the first Black woman on the high court.
Brett Kavanaugh reached the Supreme Court over the widespread objections of many women — and one of his first actions was to install an all-female staff.
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the justice who held the court’s center for more than a generation, died Friday, the court said in a statement. She was 93.
In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female Supreme Court justice. [58] O'Connor said that she felt relief from the media clamor when she no longer was the only woman on the Court. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] In May 2010, O'Connor warned female Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan about the "unpleasant" process of confirmation hearings.
She becomes the 116th justice and first federal public defender in the court’s history, fulfilling Biden’s campaign promise of appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court.