Supreme Court Justices Ethnicity

Kagan is the fourth woman to become a member of the court.

Supreme court justices ethnicity - It is entirely voluntary for justices and judges to provide it. Supreme court justices are nominated by the president of the united states. The demographics of the supreme court of the united states encompass the gender ethnicity and religious geographic and economic backgrounds of the 114 people who have been appointed and confirmed as justices to the supreme court some of these characteristics have been raised as an issue since the court was established in 1789. Thus 36 eight out of 22 of all justices not white male and protestant sit on the supreme court today.

The demographics of the supreme court of the united states encompass the gender ethnicity and religious geographic and economic backgrounds of the 112 people who have been appointed as justices to the supreme court certain of these characteristics have been raised as an issue since the court was established in 1789. Elena kagan associate justice was born in new york new york on april 28 1960. For its first 180 years justices were almost always white male. Image caption lord reed has spoken to the bbc about the lack of people from black asian and minority ethnic backgrounds among the supreme court s 12 justices the new supreme court president says.

The nomination must be approved by a majority vote of the senate. From oxford in 1983 and a j d. Judiciary watchdog access to justice says it has reasons to believe that the president major general muhamadu buhari retd is ethnically manipulating the appointment of supreme court justices. Elena kagan ˈ k eɪ ɡ ən kay gən.

The data are displayed in charts reflecting justices and judges on the bench as of december 31 2011. The justices serve until they retire die or are impeached. This means that 22 justices 20 have not been white male and protestant. President barack obama nominated her as an associate justice of the supreme court on may 26 2009 and she assumed this role august 8 2009.

Born april 28 1960 is an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states she was nominated by president barack obama on may 10 2010 and has served since august 7 2010. The average tenure for justices is about 15 years with a new justice being appointed to the court about every 22 months. The overall gender race ethnicity gender identity and sexual orientation of justices and judges in the supreme court courts of appeal and trial courts. Kagan was born and raised in new york city after graduating from princeton university the university of.

Eight of the nine justices are not white male and protestant. From harvard law school in 1986. For its first 180 years justices were almost always white male protestants.