Current judges of supreme court. Stellar legal credentials are a must. Justice oconnor retired from the supreme court on january 31 2006. Associate justice neil m.
Supreme court is currently comprised of nine justices who serve lifetime appointments after being confirmed by the us. The supreme court could use some more justices who understand the difference between applying the law and making the law which the court does when it invents a right to an abortion infringes on. The honorable john g.
The supreme court of the united states is the highest ranking judicial body in the united statesits membership as set by the judiciary act of 1869 consists of the chief justice of the united states and eight associate justices any six of whom would constitute a quorum. Gorsuch associate justice sonia sotomayor associate justice elena kagan associate justice brett m. Nine justices make up the current supreme court.
One chief justice and eight associate justices. All of the current justices attended harvard or yale law school though ginsburg left harvard and graduated from columbia. Roberts jr is the 17th chief justice of the united states and there have been 102 associate justices in the courts history.
Regardless of party presidents tend to look for the same characteristics in potential supreme court picks.