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or click on their photo for a biographical profile.

	Samuel Alito Nominated by President George W. Bush on Oct. 31, 2005.
	Amy Coney Barrett Nominated by President Trump, September 2020.
	Stephen Breyer Nominated by President Clinton; seated August 3, 1994; retired March 2022.
	Neil Gorsuch Nominated by President Trump; seated April 10, 2017.
	Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated by President Joe Biden; confirmation hearings March 21, 2022.
	Elena Kagan Nominated by President Barack Obama; seated on Aug. 7, 2010.
	Brett Kavanaugh Nominated by President Donald Trump; seated on Oct. 6, 2018.
	John Roberts Nominated by President George W. Bush; seated as Chief Justice Sept. 29 2005.
	Sonia Sotomayor Nominated by President Obama; seated August 9, 2009.
	Clarence Thomas Nominated by President Bush; seated October 23, 1991.


Former Justices and Nominees

	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Nominated by President Clinton; seated August 10, 1993; deceased September 2020.
	Antonin Scalia Nominated by President Reagan; seated September 26, 1986; died February 13, 2016.
	Merrick Garland Nominated in March 2016 by President Barack Obama; nomination expired on January 3, 2017.
	Anthony Kennedy Nominated by President Reagan; seated February 18, 1988. Retired July 31, 2018.
	Harriet Miers Nominated by President George W. Bush on Oct. 4, 2005; withdrew nomination Oct. 27.
	Sandra Day O'Connor Nominated by President Reagan; seated September 25, 1981. Retired January 31, 2006.
	William Rehnquist Nominated by President Nixon; seated January 7, 1972. Nominated as Chief Justice by President Reagan, he assumed that office on September 26, 1986. Died Sept. 3, 2005
	David Souter Nominated by President Bush; seated October 9, 1990; retired 2009.
	John Paul Stevens Nominated by President Ford; seated December 19, 1975; retired June 2010.