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President Bill Clinton nominated Stephen Breyer to replacy Justice Harry Blackmun, who retired in 1994. Justice Breyer was confirmed by a Senate vote of 87-9 on July 29, 1994.
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Did William Clinton nominate a US Supreme Court justice?
Yes. President Clinton appointed two justices to the US Supreme Court: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined the Court in 1993; and Justice Stephen Breyer joined the Court in 1994.
What is Justice Breyer's part on the US Supreme Court?
Justice Stephen Breyer is currently an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. President Bill Clinton appointed Breyer in 1994, to succeed Justice Harry Blackmun, who retired. Breyer is considered one of the progressive members of the Court.
Who did Justice Stephen Breyer replace on the US Supreme Court?
President Clinton nominated Stephen Breyer to succeed Justice Harry Blackmun in 1994. Justice Blackmun was a Nixon appointee who served on the Court from 1970 until his retirement in 1994.
Who was the Only justice to run for president?
Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court Justice before he ran for President in 1916. William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.
In what year was Justice Antonin Scalia appointed to the US Supreme Court?
President Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the US Supreme Court in 1986.
Is Stephen G Breyer liberal?
Justice Breyer was appointed to the US Supreme Court by Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1994, and consistently votes with the progressive bloc of justices.
Who was appointed chief justice by Richard Nixon?
President Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. He also named William Rehnquist to a seat on the Supreme Court, and he was later elevated to Chief Justice.
What US President wanted to be a Supreme Court justice instead of President?
William Howard Taft. Fortunately for him, he eventually got his wish: after his term as president, he was appointed Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court by President Harding.
What year did Stephen Breyer die?
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer is still very much alive as of January 21, 2010, and still serving on the US Supreme Court. President Clinton appointed Breyer to the Court in 1994.
Who was the first president to become a supreme court justice?
The first (and so far only) US President to have also served as a Justice of the Supreme Court was William Howard Taft, who was appointed Chief Justice by Warren Harding.
What associate justice was appointed by President Obama?
President Obama has appointed two associate justices. In 2009, he appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina on the Supreme Court. And in 2010, he appointed Elena Kagan.
Which President appointed David Hackett Souter to the US Supreme Court?
President George H. W. Bush appointed Justice David Hackett Souter to the US Supreme Court in 1990. Souter retired in 2009 and was succeeded by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
