Political Factoid
U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Confirmation Scores (i.e., Yes Votes)
On a scale of 0 - 100
Breyer |
87 |
Clear majority support |
Roberts |
78 |
Clear majority support |
Sotomayor |
68 |
Clear majority support |
Kagan |
63 |
Clear majority support |
Alito |
58 |
- |
Gorsuch |
54 |
- |
Thomas |
52 |
<1> |
Barrett |
52 |
<1>, <2>, <3> |
Kavanaugh |
50 |
<1>, <4> |
<1> |
Barely getting a passing grade
|
<2> |
Zero votes from across the aisle
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<3> |
Replaced Justice Ginsburg who had been
confirmed by a vote of 93
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<4> |
Almost flunked the course
(Would have, had the voice of the people prevailed.)
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