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  2. List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

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    Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.

  3. Ketanji Brown Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Alongside Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, Jackson is considered to be a member of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court. Early life and education Jackson was born on September 14, 1970, in Washington, D.C. , [ 4 ] to parents who were both teachers and had been educated at historically black colleges and universities . [ 5 ]

  4. List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States

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    The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...

  5. Of the 116 Supreme Court justices in US history, all but 8 ...

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    And no women or people of color have served as chief justices of the nation’s highest court. Six have been women Of the 116 justices in history, 110 – or 94.8% – have been men.

  6. Sonia Sotomayor - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Surprising Personal Facts About Supreme Court Justices - AOL

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    Current Justice Elena Kagan — at 5-foot-3, she was called "shorty" by the 6-foot-2 Thurgood Marshall, who retired from the court in the early '90s — seemed to set her sights on the bench from ...

  8. Supreme Court weighs 'most important case' on democracy - AOL

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    Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

  9. List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by ...

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    Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the initial size of the Supreme Court. The number of justices on the Supreme Court was changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869. [1] A total of 115 persons have served on the Supreme Court since 1789.