Elena Kagan is the most recent appointee to the United States Supreme Court. She was nominated by President Barack Obama, and took office on August 7, 2010.
Samuel Chase was the only supreme court justice to be impeached.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a member of the US Supreme Court until January 31, 2006; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the only woman on the Court after Justice O'Connor retired. Ginsburg remained the only female US Supreme Court justice until President Obama appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2010.
Willima Howard Taft was the only President to also serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
Willima Howard Taft was the only President to also serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
In India only the President can appoint any Judge in the supreme court.
That question is not true. A woman has just as much right as a man to serve as Supreme Court Justice.
He or she is called the 'Chief Justice of the United States', and is in control of not only the Supreme Court, but also the various Federal courts. The position used to be called the, "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court", but not any longer.
The US Supreme Court seats only one Chief Justice at a time; the other eight are Associate Justices.The current Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., is only the seventeenth to serve on the US Supreme Court.
Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court Justice before he ran for President in 1916. William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.
Jimmy Carter was the only full-term president who did not have the opportunity to appoint a supreme court justice.
There has not yet been a female Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. The Court has only seated four women in its history; three are currently active.Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired 2006)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsgurg (active)Justice Sonia Sotomayor (active)Justice Elena Kagan (active)
A supreme court justice can only be removed from power be resigning because they are exempt from the law apparently.