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The following sortable table [a] lists the lifetime percentage liberal scores of Supreme Court justices as compiled in the Supreme Court Database. [44] [45] The table shows data for justices whose service began at or after the 1946 term; the data ends with the 2016–2017 term.
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.
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The Warren Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 when Earl Warren served as the chief justice. The Warren Court is often considered the most liberal court in U.S. history. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways.
The following sortable table lists the lifetime percentage liberal scores of Supreme Court justices as compiled in the Supreme Court Database. [37] [38] The table shows data for justices whose service began at or after the 1946 term; the data ends with the 2016–2017 term.
Supreme Court justices have life tenure, meaning that they serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and removed from office. For the 107 non-incumbent justices, the average length of service was 6,203 days (16 years, 359 days). [1] [A] The longest serving justice was William O. Douglas, with a tenure of 13,358 days (36