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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 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ] She eventually became the longest-serving Jewish justice. [ 77 ] The American Bar Association 's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated Ginsburg as "well qualified", its highest rating for a prospective justice.
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.
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 ...
Mourners gather at the Supreme Court after the announcement of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Courtroom with Ginsburg's seat draped in black, the day after her death. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer on September 18, 2020, at the age of 87.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The Supreme Court has decided, 7-2, that teachers in Catholic elementary schools are not covered by employment discrimination law. This is a highly important expansion of ...
Female U.S. Supreme Court justices are on average three times more likely to get interrupted than their male counterparts, according to new research.
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.