All 112 justices in the history of the US Supreme Court (as of 2011) have been lawyers.
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Nine Justices Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. There have been 103 Associate Justices in the Court's history.
There have been a total of 111 Justices on the US Supreme Court since its inception in 1790; 99 have served since 1800.
On the current court, four were appointed by Democrats. Clinton appointed Ginsburg and Breyer; Obama appointed Sotomayer and Kagan.
Historically, Supreme Court justices have typically been white, protestant males from upper-middle to upper class backgrounds. All Supreme Court justices so far have been licensed attorneys, although not all had law degrees, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. This profile is gradually changing. The current Court seats six men and three women; and two justices are considered ethnic minorities for demographic purposes. None of the current justices is protestant: six are Roman Catholic and three are Jewish. Some of the justices come from family backgrounds of modest means.
If it's for E2020 the answer is BRIEF. The Supreme Court is unlike any other court because the cases have all ready been heard and tried in lower courts. The lawyers have to prove that their argument is based in law and the constitution . They have to cite cases and law to the court in a determined set time. The justices will return a decision several months after the case is heard. They do not all have to agree in their decisions, but what they write may shape future cases and law. To begin the process a brief with the court is filed.