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RossChief Justice
William H. Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr.
Byron White
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy (February)
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist......................1972 - 2005................Nixon (elevated by Reagan)
Associate Justices
William Brennan, Jr....................1956 - 1990.................Eisenhower
Byron White..............................1962 - 1993.................Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall.....................1967 - 1991.................Johnson
Harry Blackmun........................1970 - 1994..................Nixon
John Paul Stevens.....................1975 - Present...............Ford
Sandra Day O'Connor.................1981 - 2006..................Reagan
Antonin Scalia..........................1986 - Present...............Reagan
Anthony Kennedy......................1988 - Present...............Reagan
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black
Stanley Forman Reed
Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy (until July; succeeded by Tom C. Clark)
Robert H. Jackson
Wiley Blount Rutledge (until September; succeeded by Sherman Minton)
Harold Hitz Burton
Tom C. Clark (beginning in August; succeeded Frank Murphy)
Sherman Minton (beginning in October; succeeded Wiley Rutledge)
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How many justices are on the supreme court?
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.
Have there been any lawyers who are or were US Supreme Court justices?
All 112 justices in the history of the US Supreme Court (as of 2011) have been lawyers.
What do the US Supreme Court justices wear while hearing a case?
In keeping with tradition, the US Supreme Court justices wear black robes over their street clothes.
What level of the federal court system are the judges called justices?
Federal judges on the US Supreme Court are called justices.
Does the Judicial branch appoint judges to the supreme court?
No. The Executive Branch appoints US Supreme Court justices with the approval of the Senate.
