Who resigned from the US Supreme Court in 2009?

Answer 1

Sonia Sotomayor

President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor on May 26, 2009, to replace retired Justice David H. Souter. Justice Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate on August 6, and sworn-in on August 8, 2009. She began sitting with the Court immediately prior to the 2009-2010 Term.

Justice Sotomayor was the third woman appointed to the Supreme Court, and the first Latina justice in the Court's history.

Answer 2

Associate Justice David H. Souter, who occupied the fifth seat on the bench, retired from the US Supreme Court in June 2009, after almost 19 years on the bench. Souter was nominated by President George W. Bush, and commissioned by Congress on October 2, 1990.

President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, a female Hispanic federal court judge, on May 26, 2009. On August 6, 2009, the US Senate confirmed Sotomayor's nomination by a vote of 68-31, making her the 111th US Supreme Court Justice.

The last Justice to retire before Souter was Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who left the bench in January 2006, and was replaced by Samuel Alito.

Answer 3

Associate Justice David H. Souter retired from the US Supreme Court in 2009.