Current Supreme Court Justices (Part 1)

The United States Supreme Court is made up of one Chief Justice, and 8 other associate justices. Here is some more specific information surrounding our current Supreme Court Justices.

Chief Justice - John G. Roberts, Jr. 

 

Born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. Married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996 and had two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, and was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat September 29, 2005. He is the second most recently appointed Supreme Court Justice, and practices Roman Catholicism.

Associate Justice - Antonin Scalia

 

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children - Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat September 26, 1986, the longest serving of all the current Supreme Court Justices. Like most of the Justices, he is Roman Catholic.

Associate Justice - Anthony M. Kennedy 

 

Born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has three children. He has served in many various positions during his career, including as a member of the California Army National Guard in 1961, the board of the Federal Judicial Center from 1987–1988 and two committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988. Is Roman Catholic.

Associate Justice - Clarence Thomas

 

Born near Savannah, Georgia, on June 23, 1948. He married Virginia Lamp in 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen, by a previous marriage. He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and throughout his career has served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1982–1990. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 23, 1991. He is also Roman Catholic