SCOTUS Judges

Sandra Day O’Connor

First woman on SCOTUS, appointed in 1981 by Ronald Reagan, retired in 2006

Samuel Alito

Conservative, appointed in 2006 by Bush, “strip search Sammy”

Ketanji Brown-Jackson

Liberal, appointed in 2022 by Biden, first African American woman on SCOTUS

Elena Kagan

Liberal, appointed in 2010 by Obama, first female dean of Harvard Law, no prior judicial experience, clerked for Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

First African American on SCOTUS, appointed in 1966 by Lyndon B. Johnson, died 1990

Clarence Thomas

Conservative, appointed in 1991 by Bush, 2nd African American Justice, sexual harassment allegations, distances from lower-class black people

Neil Gorsuch

Conservative, appointed in 2017 by Trump, attended Harvard Law, millionaire, “nuclear” vote to confirm

Brett Kavanaugh

Conservative, appointed in 2018 by Trump, sexual assault allegations, appeals court judge in D.C., Catholic

Amy Coney Barrett

Conservative, appointed in 2020 by Trump, Notre Dame Law grad, appeals court judge in Chicago, has 7 children, 2 adopted from Haiti

Sonia Sotomayor

Liberal, appointed in 2009 by Obama, first Hispanic American on SCOTUS, father was a Puerto Rican factory worker in the Bronx, ended MLB strike, Type 1 Diabetic

John Roberts

Conservative, appointed in 2005 by Bush, became Chief Justice upon confirmation, in favor of Obama Care