Who has been on the Court the longest?

The longest serving Justice was William O. Douglas who served for 36 years, 7 months, and 8 days from 1939 to 1975. Which Associate Justice served the shortest Term?
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  • Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Yale (J.D.)
  • Justice Elena Kagan - Harvard (J.D.)
  • Justice Neil M. ...
  • Justice Brett M. ...
  • Justice Amy Coney Barrett - Notre Dame (J.D.)
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Who has been on the court the longest current members?

Among the current members of the Court, Clarence Thomas's tenure of 11,165 days (30 years, 207 days) is the longest, while Amy Coney Barrett's 568 days (1 year, 203 days) is the shortest.
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Who has been in the Supreme Court the longest?

The longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history was William O. Douglas, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. Douglas served on the court for 36 years before retiring in 1975.
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Who was the shortest serving Supreme Court justice?

Among the current members of the Court, Clarence Thomas's tenure of 11,199 days (30 years, 241 days) [B] is the longest, while Amy Coney Barrett's 602 days (1 year, 237 days) [B] is the shortest. The table below ranks all United States Supreme Court Justices by time in office.
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Who is the youngest Supreme Court justice?

Is Amy Coney Barrett the youngest justice on the Supreme Court? Yes, she is the youngest justice serving on the court. Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, who is four years older, is the second youngest.
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Is Clarence Thomas the longest serving justice?

Since 2018, Thomas has been the longest-serving member of the Court with a tenure of over 30 years. Pin Point, Georgia, U.S. Thomas grew up in a poor Gullah community in Savannah, Georgia, and was educated at the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School.
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Which president has the most appointments on the court?

To date, Ronald Reagan has appointed the largest number of federal judges, with 383, followed closely by Bill Clinton with 378.
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Who was the 1st female Supreme Court justice?

Sandra Day O'Connor, née Sandra Day, (born March 26, 1930, El Paso, Texas, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions.
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Who was the first black Supreme Court justice?

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined the Court in 1967, the year this photo was taken. On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall took the judicial oath of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first Black person to serve on the Court.
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How old is the oldest justice?

After the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the oldest current Supreme Court justice is Stephen Breyer at 82 years of age.
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Who was the only Supreme Court justice impeached?

Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, there have been more than one hundred justices—and only one has ever been impeached. In 1804, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Associate Justice Samuel Chase.
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Who is the oldest sitting Supreme Court justice?

10 Oldest United States Supreme Court Justices (Updated 2021)
  • William J. ...
  • Hugo Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) ...
  • Harry Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) ...
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – Present) ...
  • Roger B. ...
  • John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019) ...
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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What is the name of the black Supreme Court justice?

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as the first African-American woman to serve as a justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Can you resign from the Supreme Court?

The Constitution states that Justices "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour." This means that the Justices hold office as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment.
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How many females are on the Supreme Court?

Three are currently serving: Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Amy Coney Barrett. Did you know? There is a long history of women being considered for the Supreme Court. Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court (2020) outlines the history of nine women who were considered, dating back to the 1930s.
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What percentage of the US is Black?

In 2020, the Black or African American alone population (41.1 million) accounted for 12.4% of all people living in the United States, compared with 38.9 million and 12.6% in 2010.
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Who was the first black female judge in the United States?

Supreme Court judge | Ketanji Brown Jackson: America's first Black female Supreme Court judge | The Economic Times.
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What is the minimum age to be a judge of the Supreme Court?

No minimum age requirement is specified for appointment to the judicial services, as a consequence of which, candidates who have completed at least 10 years of service in the judicial service would be eligible for being promoted to the higher judicial services; 3.
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What is the retiring age for a judge of court?

In line with the GSlS Law, this bill seeks to reduce to fifteen (15) years of service in the Judiciary or in any other branch of the Government or in both, the eligibility of a Justice or Judge who retires at the compulsory age of seventy (70) years, for the basic monthly pension for life to start at the end of the 5- ...
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Who has won the most cases before the Supreme Court?

CARTER G. PHILLIPS is one of the most experienced Supreme Court and appellate lawyers in the country. Since joining Sidley, Carter has argued 79 cases before the Supreme Court, more than any other lawyer in private practice.
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Who was the first Black American?

This was is in the Cathedral Parish Archives in St. Augustine, Florida, thirteen years before more enslaved Africans were brought to the English colony at Jamestown in 1619. William Tucker, the first Black child born (recorded) in the American colonies, was baptized on January 3, 1624, in Jamestown, Virginia.
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