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Justice Elena Kagan joined the US Supreme Court in August 2010, and is currently the newest member. She grew up on the Upper West Side of New York City, NY.
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The justices are traditionally seated in order of seniority, with the Chief Justice occupying the first seat. The most junior justice (newest justice) sits farthest from the Chief Justice.
The Senior (longest time on the Court) Associate Justice speaks after the Chief Justice, then the next most senior Associate Justice in order of tenure. The Junior (newest) Justice speaks last.
The newest justice is Elena Kagan, she was voted in after winning 63-37 votes. She was born in New York City, and grew up in an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Her mother was a fifth and sixth grade teacher and her father was an attorney.
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His Honor, Justice Roberts. why not a sub-office for prevention of laundy-room terrorism with Homeland security? pun intended. Who put the white phosphorous in the laundromat? ( this happened in the service comedy Mr.Roberts!)
Former US Solicitor General Elena Kagan was nominated in May 2010 to replace Justice Stevens, who retired June 30, 2010. Justice Kagan was confirmed by the Senate on August 5 and took the Oath of Office on August 7, 2010.
President Ronald Reagan appointed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to replace Justice Potter Stewart, who retired in 1981. O'Connor served on the Court until January 2006, and was succeeded by the incumbent, Justice Samuel Alito.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney replaced Chief Justice John Marshall after Marshall's death in 1835.
She was confirmed as the newest Supreme Court Justice by a vote of 63-37 in the Senate on August 5, 2010. (Of the "no" votes, 36 out of 37 came from Senate Republicans.)
President George W. Bush nominated Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., to replace the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in office. Roberts assumed the bench in 2005, and is the incumbent Chief Justice. Ironically, he was a law clerk for Rehnquist in the 1970's. President Bush nominated Justice Samuel Alito in 2006 to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired in January of that year. Alito is also an incumbent.