Supreme Court Nominations

Brett M. Kavanaugh

Federal Judiciary Committee Resources

• October 5, 2018 Letter Re: Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  
• September 28, 2018 Letter Re: Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee
  
• Rating: "Well Qualified" by a unanimous vote of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary

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Neil M. Gorsuch

Nominated: February 1, 2017
Confirmed: April 7, 2017

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Merrick B. Garland

Nominated: March 16, 2016

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary (one recusal)
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Elena Kagan

Nominated: May 10, 2010
Confirmed: August 5, 2010

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary (one abstention)
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Sonia Sotomayor

Nominated: June 1, 2009
Confirmed: August 6, 2009

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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John G. Roberts, Jr.

Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court
Nominated: July 19, 2005
Nomination withdrawn: September 6, 2005

Chief Justice of the United States
Nominated: September 6, 2005
Confirmed: September 29, 2005

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Nominated: November 10, 2005
Confirmed: January 31, 2006

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee (one recusal)
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Stephen G. Breyer

Nominated: May 17, 1994
Confirmed: August 3, 1994

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee
• Explanatory Rating Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Nominated: June 22, 1993
Confirmed: August 10, 1993

• Rating: "Well Qualified" by unanimous vote of the Standing Committee
• Written Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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