Supreme Court of the United States:
Members and Their Backgrounds
Birth Home State Law School President Appt. Prior Experience
Chief Justice of the
United States
John G. Roberts, Jr. 1955 New York Harvard GW Bush 2005 Federal Appeals Judge
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia 1936 New York Harvard Reagan 1986 Federal Appeals Judge
Anthony M. Kennedy 1936 California Harvard Reagan 1988 Federal Appeals Judge
Clarence N. Thomas 1948 Georgia Yale Bush 1991 Federal Appeals Judge
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933 New York Columbia Clinton 1993 Federal Appeals Judge
Steven G. Breyer 1938 California Harvard Clinton 1994 Federal Appeals Judge
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 1950 New Jersey Yale GW Bush 2006 Federal Appeals Judge
Sonia Maria Sotomayor 1954 New York Yale Obama 2009 Federal Appeals Judge
Elena Kagan 1960 New York Harvard Obama 2010 Solicitor General of the United States