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US Supreme Court and Civil Rights
Current Court
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Cards (11)
'Roberts'
Court as Roberts is the
chief justice
All current justices (as of
June 2024
) aside from
Thomas
received a well qualified ABA rating (Thomas received qualified)
Roberts (
2005
)
Chief
Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
78-22
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
13-5
Ideology:
conservative
Thomas
(
1991
)
Associate
Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
52-48
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
7-7
Ideology:
conservative
Length of nomination process:
99
days
Alito (2006)
Associate Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
58-42
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
10-8
Ideology: Conservative
Sotomayer (
2009
)
Associate Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
68-31
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
13-6
Ideology:
Liberal
Kagan
(
2010
)
Associate Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
63-37
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
13-6
Ideology:
Liberal
Gorsuch
(
2017
)
Associate Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
54-45
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
11-9
Ideology:
Conservative
Kavanaugh
(
2018
)
Associate Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
50-48
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
11-10
Ideology:
Conservative
Coney Barrett (
2020
)
Associate
Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
52-48
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
12-0
Ideology: Conservative
Length of process:
35
days
Jackson (
2022
)
Associate Justice
Senate Floor Vote:
53-47
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote:
11-11
Ideology:
Liberal