Who appointed the justice who Judge Sonia Sotomayor replaced on the Supreme Court?
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Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates President Barack Obama made two successful appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. The first was Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice David H. Souter. Sotomayor was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6, 2009, by a vote of 68–31. The second appointment was that of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace the retired John Paul Stevens. Kagan was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 5, 2010, by a vote of 63–37.
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David Souter David Hackett Souter ( ; born September 17, 1939) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from October 1990 until his retirement in June 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by William J. Brennan, Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist and Roberts courts and came to vote reliably with the court's liberal members.
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Malcolm M. Lucas Malcolm Millar Lucas (April 19, 1927 – September 28, 2016) was the 26th Chief Justice of California. He was appointed to the position after his predecessor, Rose Bird, was removed by the electorate in 1986 for reasons including her staunch opposition to capital punishment, which was reflected in her voting for reversal in all 61 death penalty appeals that came before the Court during her tenure.
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List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary.
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John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He took his seat on September 29, 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of chief justice William Rehnquist. He has been described as having a conservative judicial philosophy in his jurisprudence.
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Judith Kelly Judith Clair Kelly SC is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (Australia). She was appointed to the Court on 12 August 2009 replacing Justice Sally Thomas. Justice Kelly was only the second female appointment to the Court since it was established in 1911.
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Paul L. Friedman Paul L. Friedman (born February 20, 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He serves as Secretary of the American Law Institute.
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Richard Nixon judicial appointment controversies During President Richard Nixon's presidency, federal judicial appointments played a central role. Nixon appointed four individuals to the Supreme Court of the United States in just over five and a half years.
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United States Associate Attorney General The Associate Attorney General of the United States is the third-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice. The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters. The Associate Attorney General is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The incumbent Associate Attorney General is Rachel Brand.
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George Sutherland Alexander George Sutherland (March 25, 1862 – July 18, 1942) was an English-born U.S. jurist and politician. One of four appointments to the Supreme Court by President Warren G. Harding, he served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938.
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Tommy Bryan Tommy Elias Bryan is a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, who was appointed in 2013.
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John M. Walker Jr. John Mercer Walker Jr. (born December 26, 1940) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was appointed to the Second Circuit in 1989 and served as Chief Judge from September 30, 2000 to September 30, 2006, when he assumed senior status. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, appointed in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan, before being elevated to the Second Circuit in 1989.
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Francis Jardeleza Francis H. Jardeleza (born September 26, 1949) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Serving as the Solicitor General of the Philippines from 2012 to 2014, he was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III to the High Court on August 19, 2014.
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Richard J. Leon Richard J. Leon (born 1949) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Marian Blank Horn Marian Blank Horn (born 1943) is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, appointed to that court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, and reappointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.
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Paul S. Crampton Paul S. Crampton is the Chief Justice of Canada's Federal Court. He was appointed to the position in 2011 and to the court in 2009.
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Samuel Martires Samuel R. Martires (born January 2, 1949) is a Filipino Lawyer who is now an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed him on March 2, 2017. Prior to his appointment, he had served as Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan from 2005 to 2017.
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Kevin Duffy Kevin Thomas Duffy (born January 10, 1933) is an American lawyer and former judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He retired from the bench on September 30, 2016.
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Lawrence B. Hagel Lawrence Bain Hagel (born March 27, 1947) was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by President George W. Bush in December 2003. He became Chief Judge in August 2015. His 13-year term expired in December 2016.
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Lawton Nuss Lawton R. Nuss (born December 30, 1952) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Bill Graves in August 2002. He is the current Chief Justice upon Robert E. Davis's resignation.
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Paul V. Niemeyer Paul Victor Niemeyer (born April 5, 1941) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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Lee A. Johnson Lee A. Johnson (born June 28, 1947) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius. He started on January 8, 2007 to replace retiring Justice Donald L. Allegrucci.