Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. Start of Service: October 6, 2018 Appointed By: President George H. W. Bush Justice Alfredo Benjamin Sabater Caguioa is the 174th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Samuel Alito has delivered the majority opinion in landmark cases including McDonald v. Chicago, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Murphy v. NCAA, and Janus v. AFSCME. His first book came out in 2005 and was titled Active Liberty. In 2013, Sonia Sotomayor chronicled her life leading up to becoming a Supreme Court justice in My Beloved World, which debuted atop the New York Times Best Seller List. The president previously released a list of 25 candidates back in November, preceding Kennedy's retirement announcement on Wednesday. Consider how old the youngest of this group would be in 40 years: Of the current court, only justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch joined the bench before their 50th birthdays.Â, SOURCE supremecourt.gov, threestory.com, whitehouse.gov, jstor.org, USA TODAY research. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday at 87 is sure to spark a battle over who will fill her seat.. Current Age (as of February 2021): 53 years, 29 days Among the current members of the Court, Clarence Thomas is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 10,690 days (29 years, 97 days) as of January 28, 2021; the most recent justice to join the court is Amy Coney Barrett, whose tenure began on October 27, 2020. President Trump says he wants to nominate a justice who could serve on the Supreme Court for 40 years or more as Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement. A justice must retire upon reaching the age of 72. Length of Service (as of February 2021): 14 years, 11 months, 29 days. Supreme Court Acts; Supreme Court Rules; Practice Direction; Mediation … Length of Service (as of February 2021): 26 years, 1 month, 24 days. This is because justices need to have several decades of experience working the American legal system. Start of Service: October 27, 2020 In 2007, Clarence Thomas’s memoir, My Grandfather’s Son, became a bestseller and Thomas was given a $1.5 million advance to write the book. All nine Supreme Court Justices pose in 2017 for a group photo in the Supreme Court Building. William O. Douglas, who retired at 77, is the court's the longest serving justice. As of January 2020, associate justices of the Supreme Court earned an annual salary of $265,600, while the chief justice … She was appointed just a few short weeks after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away in September 2020. He didn't hit the 40-year milestone, but served more more than twice as long as the average justice. In 2009, Elena Kagan became the first female Solicitor General of the United States. © 2021 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Since becoming a justice, Thomas has taken a textualist approach, seeking to uphold the original meaning of the United States Constitution and statutes. Roberts studied history at Harvard University then went to Harvard Law School. Current Age (as of February 2021): 60 years, 4 months, 30 days Like the other justices appointed by Donald Trump, Barrett’s nomination was controversial. Length of Service (as of February 2021): 28 years, 11 months, 4 days. Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, creating a vacancy among the Associate Justices that would be filled by Neil Gorsuch in 2017. Justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and all judges of the Commonwealth are prohibited by judicial rules of ethics from discussing cases with members of the public. Current Age (as of February 2021): 72 years Your email address will not be published. Since then, Kavanaugh has become known for being a staunchly conservative judge. Elena Kagan is the fourth woman to ever serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and President Barack Obama’s second Supreme Court nominee. Current Age (as of February 2021): 55 years, 7 months, 15 days This was followed by Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View in 2010 and The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities in 2015. First appointed in 1991, Thomas is currently the longest-serving justice among this group of justices. Updated 5:29 PM ET, Sat September 26, 2020 Current Age (as of February 2021): 49 years, 5 months Sotomayor is the first ever Hispanic and Latina justice to serve on the Court. 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