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Supreme Court Nominations - Confirmed
Collected below are floor debates (Senate debate while in Executive Session), votes, hearing transcripts and Senate statements (statements made about the nominees outside of Executive Session) of selected Supreme Court Justices. Retrospective files of past justices will be added in the coming months.
Please note that these documents are in PDF format and some can be very large in size.
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Samuel A. Alito | Stephen G. Breyer | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Anthony M. Kennedy | Sandra Day O'Connor | William H. Rehnquist (Chief) | William H. Rehnquist (Associate) | John G. Roberts | Antonin Scalia | Sonia Sotomayor | David H. Souter | John Paul Stevens | Clarence Thomas
| Nominee | Nominated | Confirmed | Documents | Nominated by / Replacement for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonia Sotomayor | 06/01/2009 | 08/06/2009 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Barack Obama / David H. Souter |
| Samuel A. Alito | 11/10/2005 | 01/31/2006 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
George W. Bush / Sandra Day O'Connor |
| John G. Roberts* | 09/06/2005 | 09/29/2005 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
George W. Bush / William H. Rehnquist |
| Stephen G. Breyer | 05/17/1994 | 07/29/1994 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements Executive Report |
William J. Clinton / Harry A. Blackmun |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 06/14/1993 | 08/03/1993 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements Executive Report |
William J. Clinton / Byron R. White |
| Clarence Thomas | 07/08/1991 | 10/15/1991 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings -Part 1 -Part 2 -Part 3 -Part 4 -Part 4 (Errata) Senate Floor Statements |
George H. W. Bush / Thurgood Marshall |
| David H. Souter | 07/25/1990 | 10/02/1990 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
George H. W. Bush / William J. Brennan |
| Anthony M. Kennedy | 11/30/1987 | 02/03/1988 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Ronald Reagan / Lewis F. Powell |
| Antonin Scalia | 06/24/1986 | 09/17/1986 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Ronald Reagan / William H. Rehnquist |
| William H. Rehnquist** | 06/20/1986 | 09/17/1986 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Ronald Reagan / Warren E. Burger |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | 08/19/1981 | 09/21/1981 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Ronald Reagan / Potter Stewart |
| John Paul Stevens | 11/28/1975 | 12/17/1975 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Gerald R. Ford / William O. Douglas |
| William H. Rehnquist | 10/22/1971 | 12/10/1971 | Floor Debates Floor Vote Hearings Senate Floor Statements |
Richard M. Nixon / John M. Harlan |
Last Updated: 03/21/2012
