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Unfortunately, there has never been a Native American on the Supreme Court.

Until recently, most Justices were white, male, protestants. Diversity is a fairly development, dating back to 1916, when Woodrow Wilson nominated the first Jewish Justice, Louis Brandeis.

It will likely take a while to create more ethnic balance because Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life, and often serve a long tenure. There have only been 111 appointments since the Court's inception in 1790.

So far, Presidents have nominated seven Jewish Justices; two African-Americans; and three women to the bench. On May 26, 2009, President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, an Hispanic woman, to fill the seat recently vacated by retired Associate Justice David Souter. Her nomination was confirmed by a Senate vote of 68-31 on August 6, 2009.

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