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.
In 1979, the Supreme Court adopted the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. This clause made the amendment more gender-neutral. The Supreme Court pushed for gender-appropriate language to be adopted
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maintains a federal system of government and representation.
The Supreme Court first declared gender-based classification unconstitutional in the case of Reed v. Reed in 1971. The court held that it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This landmark decision recognized that gender discrimination is subject to the same strict scrutiny standard as race discrimination.
The Supreme Court.
The correct name is the Supreme Court of the United States, but most people refer to it as the US Supreme Court. Each state has its own Supreme Court, but the US Supreme Court is the end of the line.
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The US Supreme Court is the highest court in the US. Each state has its own Supreme Court, but the US Supreme Court is the end of the line.
As of now, the only minority justice currently sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Appointed by President Joe Biden, she took her seat on the Court in June 2021, becoming the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. Her appointment represents a significant milestone in the Court's history regarding diversity and representation.
U.S Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United States.