The two most recent additions to the Supreme Court are Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
Justice Sotomayor
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was sworn-in on Saturday, August 8, 2009. She is the first justice whose Judicial Oath of Office was televised (she also took a Constitutional Oath in private). Justice Sotomayor is also the first Latina or Hispanic person to serve on the US Supreme Court.
Justice Sotomayor replaced David Souter, who retired in June 2009.
Justice Kagan
President Obama nominated US Solicitor General Elena Kagan on May 9, 2010, to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired from the Court on June 29. The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Kagan's by a vote of 13-6; she was confirmed by a full Senate vote of 63-37 on Thursday, August 5, 2010, and sworn in on Saturday, August 7, 2010.
Kagan, who is the fourth woman to join the US Supreme Court, also increased the female census on the bench to three for the first time in history.
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