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  2. Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States

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    When the Supreme Court was established in 1789, the first members came from among the ranks of the Founding Fathers and were almost uniformly Protestant. Of the 116 justices who have been appointed to the court, 92 have been from various Protestant denominations and 15 have been Catholics (one other justice, Sherman Minton , began practicing ...

  3. 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.

  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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    Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. But in recent decades the court has become more diverse. Over half of its ...

  6. Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law.

  7. Brett Kavanaugh is the first member of the Supreme Court to ...

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    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.

  8. Why Do Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life? - AOL

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    It's a question many have about the U.S.'s highest court—and the rationale dates back to America's founding. The post Why Do Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life? appeared first on Reader's Digest.

  9. Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Wikipedia

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    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.