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She served as a law clerk for Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1996 to 1997, Judge Bruce M. Selya of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1997 to 1998, and Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1999 Term.
A retired justice, according to the United States Code, is no longer a member of the Supreme Court, but remains eligible to serve by designation as a judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals or District Court, and many retired justices have served in these capacities. Historically, the average length of service on the Court has been less than 15 years.
Members of the Supreme Court of the United States tend to be quite old even though there is no minimum age requirement to be nominated to the Court. This is because justices need to have several decades of experience working the American legal system. The current Supreme Court is no different than those of the past and its current members range ...
Ages of Supreme Court Justices "What are the current ages of Supreme Court justices?" Below are the political leanings and ages of the U.S. Supreme Court justices. The difference in their ages currently spans 24 years, from Justice Amy Barrett, who at 50 years of age is the youngest, to Justice Clarence Thomas, who at 74 is the oldest:
Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., is the 17th Chief Justice of the United States, and there have been 104 Associate Justices in the Court’s history.
Supreme Court Justices are appointed after being nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The Chief Justice (currently John Roberts) is chosen by the President and is the most senior, by definition. The eight associate justices are seated by their seniority in the court (the length of time served, not their age).
Front row, left to right — Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Elena Kagan. Back row — Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
