John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
Nominated to the bench in 2005 by former President George W. Bush, John Roberts graduated from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, Roberts served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as an associate counsel to former President Ronald Reagan and in the White House Counsel’s Office in the 1980s.
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
From Pin Point, Ga., Clarence Thomas replaced Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court in 1991. He was appointed by former President George H.W. Bush.
Thomas attended seminary school before graduating from Holy Cross College and Yale Law School, according to his court biography.
Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
Samuel Alito, Jr., has served on the Supreme Court since 2006 after he was nominated by former President George W. Bush. Alito is a Republican.
Born in New Jersey, Alito attended Princeton University and Yale Law School.
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
Sonia Sotomayor received Princeton University’s highest academic honor when she graduated and now she sits on the nation’s highest court. Sotomayor was nominated by former President Barack Obama in 2009. Sotomayor attended Yale University.
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
Elena Kagan has served on the Supreme Court since 2010. She was nominated by former President Barack Obama.
Kagan has degrees from Princeton University, Oxford University and Harvard Law School.
Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice
Neil Gorsuch joined the Supreme Court in 2017. He was President Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee. He graduated from Columbia University, Harvard Law School and Oxford University.
Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th Supreme Court justice on Oct. 6, 2018.
Kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and a former clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose retirement from the nation’s highest court left the open seat on the bench Kavanaugh will fill.
Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice
Amy Coney Barrett has served on the Supreme Court since 2020. She was appointed by former President Trump
Barrett is a graduate of Rhodes College and Notre Dame Law School. She previously served for Justice Antonin Scalia.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson was appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice by President Joe Biden in 2022.
She received a degree from Harvard-Radcliffe College and Harvard Law School.
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