John McCain has participated in the last seven US Supreme Court Senate confirmation votes, approving all but one justice, Sonia Sotomayor.
Justice Sotomayor.....................Nay.............08/06/09...........Obama
Justice Alito.............................Yea..............01/31/06...........GW Bush
Justice Roberts.........................Yea.............09/29/05...........GW Bush
Justice Breyer...........................Yea.............07/29/94............Clinton
Justice Ginsburg.......................Yea..............08/03/93...........Clinton
Justice Thomas.........................Yea.............10/15/91...........GHW Bush
Justice Kennedy........................Yea.............02/03/88............GHW Bush
The Justices of the Supreme Court are the judges. The current Justices are John G. Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan.
The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices. As of 2014, the Chief Justice is John G. Roberts, Jr.
6 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices attend the Catholic Church: Antonin Scalia Anthony M. Kennedy Clarence Thomas John G. Roberts Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Sonia Sotomayor The other 3 Justices are all Jewish.
The US Supreme Court seats only one Chief Justice at a time; the other eight are Associate Justices.The current Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., is only the seventeenth to serve on the US Supreme Court.
6 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices attend the Catholic Church: Antonin Scalia Anthony M. Kennedy Clarence Thomas John G. Roberts Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Sonia Sotomayor The other 3 Justices are all Jewish.
There are no current Supreme Court justices who were recess appointments. However, President George Washington appointed John Rutledge as Chief Justice in a recess appointment; his appointment was later rejected by the Senate. President Eisenhower also made three recess appointments to the Supreme Court, all of whom were later confirmed by the Senate.
As of July 31, 2010, the US Supreme Court has six male justices and two female justices. If Elena Kagan is confirmed to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens, the Court will have six men (66.6%) and three women (33.3%). If Kagan is seated, this will be the first time in history three women have been on the Supreme Court bench at the same time.
This is the person better known as the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice is the leader of the court (the other justices are known as Associate Justices); the Chief Justice presides over hearings and sets the agenda for the business conducted by the Supreme Court. If there were an impeachment, the Chief Justice would preside over the trial in the Senate. The current Supreme Court Chief Justice is John Roberts.
John Paul Stevens,Antonin Gregory Scalia,Anthony McLeod Kennedy,David Souter,Clarence Thomas,
At present (2011) six of the nine US Supreme Court justices are male: Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. Justice Antonin Scalia Justice Anthony Kennedy Justice Clarence Thomas Justice Stephen Breyer Justice Samuel Alito
John Paul Stevens,Antonin Gregory Scalia,Anthony McLeod Kennedy,David Souter,Clarence Thomas,
The President. George Washington, nominated and the Senate confirmed John Jay, first Chief Justice.