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Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Supreme Court justices have life tenure, meaning that they serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and removed from office. For the 107 non-incumbent justices, the average length of service was 6,203 days (16 years, 359 days). [1] [A] The longest serving justice was William O. Douglas, with a tenure of 13,358 days (36
PHOTO: Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of The Supreme Court of the United States, at Zarzuela Palace on March 04, 2024 in Madrid. (Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images, FILE)
Democrats are reportedly discussing whether to call on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to immediately resign in an effort to avoid her replacement potentially being made under President ...
Fortas resigned from the Court on May 14, 1969. [1] When the Justice Department heard the news, the Attorney General's office celebrated, and Nixon called to congratulate them. [26] [50] Fortas's seat on the Supreme Court was vacant until June 1970, when Harry Blackmun was sworn into office. [1] This was Nixon's third attempt to fill the vacancy.
Here are the top cases considered by the justices over the past year. The Supreme Court on Aug. 16, 2024, kept preliminary injunctions preventing the Biden-Harris administration from implementing ...
The number of justices on the Supreme Court changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869. [1] As of June 2022, a total of 116 justices have served on the Supreme Court since 1789. [2] Justices have life tenure, and so they serve until they die in office, resign or retire, or are impeached and removed from office.
In the difficult cases that divide us, the Supreme Court needs to admit there isn't always a clear constitutional answer. Opinion: Three words you won't hear from today's Supreme Court justices ...