Supreme Court Justices

1. John G. Roberts, Jr. is the Chief Justice. He served as a law clerk to the Rehnquist court and practiced law in Washington.
2. Antonin Scalia is an associate justice. He was appointed Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1982. He was nominated to the Supreme Court by Reagan.
3. Anthony M. Kennedy is an associate justice. He was a member of the California Army Nation Guard and took part in two committees of the Judicial Conference in the U.S.
4. Clarence Thomas is an associate justice. He became a Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1990, then Bush appointed him as an associate justice to the Court.
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an associate justice. She played a major role is launching the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court.
6. Stephen G. Breyer is an associate justice. He served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. and of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. He was appointed tot he Court by Clinton.
7. Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is an associate justice. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1990. George W. Bush nominated him to the Supreme Court and he took his seat in 2006. 
8. Sonia Sotomayor is an associate justice. Before being nominated to the Court in 2009 by Obama, he served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 
9. Elena Kagen is an associate justice. Obama nominated her to serve at the 45th Solicitor General of the U.S. Later, he also nominated her to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
10. A few recently-retired associate justices are Sandra Da O'Connor, David Souter, and John Paul Stevens.