Five of the eight seated justices (there is currently one vacancy on the bench) were nominated by Republican Presidents and served in government during Republican administrations prior to appointment. It is probably reasonable to infer all five are Republicans.
In 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court consists of four Justices who were appointed by Democratic presidents and five Justices, including the Chief Justice, who were appointed by Republican presidents.Barack Obama appointed Justices Sotomayor and Kagan.George W. Bush appointed Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts.Bill Clinton appointed Justices Ginsburg and Breyer.George H. W. Bush appointed Justice Thomas.Ronald Reagan appointed Justices Kennedy and Scalia.
Yes. US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is a Republican, and has never voted with the liberal bloc on the Court. His views are considered very conservative, although not as conservative as Justices Scalia and Thomas.Republican.
US Supreme Court justices do not advertise their party affiliation because they're not supposed to consider partisan ideology when making decisions. Unfortunately, in the real world, ideology plays a major role in constitutional interpretation and decision-making. The current Court leans toward conservatism: five justices were appointed by Republican Presidents and often support the Republican agenda; four were appointed by Democratic Presidents and typically support a more liberal agenda. Sonia Sotomayor, one of President Barack Obama's Supreme Court appointees, has stated she's registered as an Independent.
Justice Samuel Alito is an ultraconservative commonly associated with the Republican Party. Supreme Court justices are discouraged from political partisanship; however, Alito's Supreme Court votes are reliably in line with core Republican values.
Decisions are often split down political and ideological lines. The justices of the current US Supreme Court are polarized in their ideologies, with Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito representing an ultra-conservative bloc in opposition to Justices Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayor, who represent the progressive bloc. Justice Kennedy's mixed voting record provides a degree of balance to the Court, and ensures not alldecisions favor federalism and big business, or undermine civil rights and personal liberties.The ultra-conservative justices were commissioned in an era that began during the Reagan administration, when Republican political views moved to the extreme right. Presidents Reagan and both Presidents Bush attempted to select justices who reflected this ideology and were, for the most part, successful.All of the justices appointed under Republican administrations are still young (relatively speaking) and can be expected to remain on the Court for many more years, depriving the current Democratic President of replacing a conservative justice with a more liberal justice.Because the Republican administrations held sway for many years, the progressive justices tend to be older, and more likely to retire during Obama's tenure. This is unlikely to affect the balance of the Court, but will tend to support the ideological polarization.
Antonin Scalia is generally considered to be one of the most conservative justices on the current Supreme Court. Prior to joining the Court he worked exclusively for Republicans and in Republican administrations. It is probably safe to assume Scalia is a Republican.
No. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is a staunch Republican, and widely considered to be one of the most conservative Justices in the Court's history.
at the time of election for new justices the president nominates the justices and the senate approves the nominated justices.
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None. The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States, was decided in 1973. At that time, the Supreme Court had a majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, who generally aligned with conservative ideology on social issues. However, the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was upheld by a majority of justices who were appointed by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
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